Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 677 · Decided 5 May 2009
Raj Kumar Khurana v. State of (Nct of Delhi) & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 677 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 434
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 913/2009
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: " s. 138 - Refusal of bank to honour the cheque on the c ground that it was reported lost by the drawer would not attract the penal provisions contained in section 138 of the Act - lntprpretation of Statues - Legal fiction. The question which arose for was whether the return of a cheque by D the bank on the ground that it was reported lost by the drawer would attract the penal provisions contained in section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Allowing the appeal, the Court E HELD:1.1. A bare perusal of section 138 of Negotiable
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)