Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 7 · Decided 12 January 1999
R. Janardhana Rao v. G. Lingappa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 7 · [1999] 1 S.C.R. 66
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4224/1989
- Decided
- 12 January 1999
- Bench
- S.B. MAJMUDAR, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Advocates Act, 1961 : Sections 35 and 38. Professional misconduct-Act not amounting to-Relief f o,.._Advocate C. persuaded complainant, the opposite pa1ty in a civil suit, pursuant to a compromise to give him a hand loan of Rs. 3,000 against a post dated chequ~The cheque bounced and Advocate did does not amount to professional misconduct-But civil remedy or criminal litigation under S. 138 of the Negotiable Instrnments Act, 1881 is D available to the complainant-However Rs. 3,000 already deposited by the Advocate in the Registry of the Supreme Court pennitted to be withdrawn by the
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