Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 27 · Decided 15 January 2002
Suganthi Suresh Kumar v. Jagdeeshan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 27 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 269
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 65/2002
- Decided
- 15 January 2002
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 357(3); Constitution; NI Act Section 138
Headnote
B Constitution of India, I 950: ~ : Article 141-Law declared by Supreme Court-Binding nature of- c Held : It is impermissible for the High Court to overrule the decision of the Supreme Court on the ground that the Supreme Court laid down the law without considering any other point-Such a law would Act, I 88 I : D Section 138-Dishonour of cheque-Sentence-Principles-Held: It should be the look out of the trial Magistrates to impose such sentence as to give proper effect to the object of legislation-No drawer of a cheque can be allowed to take dishonour of cheque issued by him light
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