The 25 special courts would come up in five districts of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh where the pendency of the cheque bounce cases is the highest.
Over 40 lakh cases in a single day disposed of after large crowds turned up in the court complexes of the country in the first physical National Lok Adalat of year, NALSA said on Saturday.
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The CJI-led Bench aside a Rajasthan High Court order which had quashed the proceedings against the appellant under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881.
Supreme Court issues norms for early disposal of cheque bounce cases, asks Centre to amend laws
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Supreme Court issues norms for early disposal of cheque bounce cases, asks Centre to amend lawsPTI
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 01:42 PM IST
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The bench, also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and S Ravindra Bhat, asked the Centre to make suitable amendments in the Negotiable Instruments Act to ensure that trials in cheque bounce cases lodged in 12 months against a person can be clubbed together into one consolidated case.
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The Supreme Court Friday came out with a slew of directions to ensure speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases and asked the Centre to amend laws to ensure clubbing of trials in cases which are lodged within one year against a person relating to the same transaction. The apex court directed all the high courts across the country to issue guidelines for trial courts to deal with cheque bounce cases.