Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 156 · Decided 7 February 2022
Pradeep Kumar and Another v. Post Master General and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 156 · [2022] 19 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8775/2016
- Decided
- 7 February 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 4, 78, 82, 13, 15, 16
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: ss. 4, 78, 82 - Kisan Vikas Patra Rules, 1988 - rr. 14, 15, 19 Government Savings Certificate Act, 1959 s. 12 - Kisan Vikas Patras - Discharge of certificate - Appellants during the years 1995 and 1996 in joint names from various post offices, of combined face value on maturity Rs. 32.60 lacs - However, the KVPs were encashed by one service agent allegedly acting on behalf of appellants at a different post offices before the maturity date at a lower value after the
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