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The Supreme Court’s decision in this case is a clear reaffirmation of long-settled principles governing cheque dishonour prosecutions and the limited scope of inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The judgment draws a firm line against premature judicial intervention that short-circuits statutory presumptions under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. What's The Matter? The case arose from a complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiabl

The recent judgment in Bharat Mittal case marks an important moment in the evolving jurisprudence under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 , particularly on the uneasy interface between vicarious criminal liability and appellate conditions of deposit. At its core, the case raises a deceptively simple but legally fraught question: can an appellate court insist on a mandatory 20% deposit under Section 148 of the NI Act from a convicted director when the company the jurist

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The Supreme Court’s decision in Salil Mahajan v. Avinash Kumar  marks a pointed reaffirmation of the discipline required while granting anticipatory bail, particularly in cases involving large-scale economic offences and allegations of deliberate evasion from investigation . Setting aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order granting anticipatory bail, the Court underscored that discretion in bail matters is neither unstructured nor immune from appellate correction whe

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