The government on Tuesday said it has notified the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to clarify the jurisdictional issue for filing of cheque dishonour cases that was approved by parliament in its recent Winter Session. “The provisions of the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2015 ...

A few months ago, a cheque of Rs. 75,000 issued to a Mumbai businessman was repeatedly being returned and he instructed his lawyers to file a case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1882. But the businessman, JP Vaghani, a partner of JP Electronics, a giant consumer electronics distributor in nor...

The SC has said that from 8 July, two benches would only hear miscellaneous matters in service matters, cheque bounce appeals and labour matters.