A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to consider amending the law dealing with cheque bounce disputes to allow the clubbing of cases against a person into a single trial to be decided within 12 months.
The court said there was a “humongous pendency” of complaints under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
A preliminary report submitted by the amici curiae appointed by the court Siddharth Luthra and K. Parameshar in October last year said that there were 35.16 lakh cases pending in various courts under section 138 of the NI Act out of 2.31 crore criminal cases in the country.
Supreme Court issues directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have choked the justice delivery system.
| 17 April 2021 2:33 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have choked the justice delivery system.
The top court also recommended the Centre to amend the law to allow one trial in multiple cheques, if transactions involved are the same.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and 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. The top court recommended that trials in cheque bounce cases lodged in 12 months against a person could be clubbed into one case.
Supreme Court issues norms for early disposal of cheque bounce cases, asks Centre to amend laws
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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.
SC issues directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases
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New Delhi, April 16 : The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have choked the justice delivery system. The top court also recommended the Centre to amend the law to allow one trial in multiple cheques, if transactions involved are the same.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and 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. The top court recommended that trials in cheque bounce cases lodged in 12 months against a person could be clubbed into one case.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a former Bombay High Court judge to consider the suggestions and submit a report in three months specifying the steps to be taken for early disposal of cheque bounce cases across the country.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Centre has in principle accepted the need for creating additional courts to deal with such cases, after the modalities are worked out on the issue.
The top court had last week termed the pendency of over 35 lakhs cheque bounce cases as grotesque and suggested to the Centre to come up with a law to create additional courts for a particular period of time to deal with such cases.