Bounced cheque, debit mandate failure? You could face up to 2 years in jail, know the real cost of payment failuresBounced cheques and failed mandates are more than administrative issues, carrying potential criminal charges and significant financial pena...
13 Feb, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Rajpal Yadav cheque bounce case: Why was the Hera Pheri actor sent to Tihar Jail?Actor Rajpal Yadav surrendered to Tihar Jail authorities on Thursday afternoon after the Delhi High Court denied his plea for an extended d...
07 Feb, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Delhi HC quashes actor Rajpal Yadav's plea to extend deadline to surrender in cheque bounce casesThe Delhi High Court has rejected actor Rajpal Yadav's plea for more time to surrender in cheque bounce cases. Yadav was ordered to surrend...
04 Feb, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
Loan default: Directors remain personally liable under NI Act even if company’s debt is settled through IBC proceedings, rules Bombay High CourtDirectors of an insolvent company remain liable for bounced cheques under the Negotiable Instruments Act, even if the company's debts are s...
06 Nov, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
File status reports on steps taken to increase disposal of cheque bounce cases: SC to states, UTsThe Supreme Court has instructed all states and union territories to submit reports. These reports should detail the progress in resolving ...
23 Sep, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
Cheque-bounce case: Congress rejects BJP’s demands for Bangarappa Jr’s resignationThe minister, who hails from Shivamogga district, has not misused taxpayers’ money, committed any irregularity or a scam or has caused fina...
01 Jan, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
Relief for Anil Ambani in cheque bounce caseThe HC stayed the trial under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, in connection with a writ petition filed by two of the co-accused Par...
28 Apr, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
PHDCCI pitches for compulsory suspension of bank drawls in cheque bouncing casesThe chamber also suggested that the bank should make payment of bounced cheque first before making any other payment from the account of th...
05 Oct, 2022, 03.35 PM IST
SC orders constitution of special court for cheque bounce casesThe top court incorporated the suggestion of the amicus curiae that five districts in each of the above States, where cases under the NI Ac...
19 May, 2022, 02.13 PM IST
Time to dishonour Section 138? Why there is little reason to continue with India's cheque bounce lawThe major lacuna in the law is that there's a presumption of mens rea without need for any additional proof. The mere fact that a cheque is...
16 Mar, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Traders move to Nirmala Sitharaman over 40 lakh pending cases on bounced chequesIn a letter addressed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Confederation of all India Traders (CAIT), has suggested the formation of...
07 Feb, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to deal with cheque bounce casesA bill providing for filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue, was a...
07 Aug, 2015, 04.57 AM IST
Cabinet approves changes in Negotiable Instruments ActTo check piling up of cheque bounce cases in various courts, the Cabinet today approved changes in Negotiable Instruments Act to provide fo...
22 Apr, 2015, 11.33 PM IST
Recovering cheque-bounce money to get more tediousSC has changed the ground rule under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act to prosecute a person who had presented the cheque which bou...
09 Aug, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
What if a cheque bounces? Here's a guide to the legal recourse available to youA cheque can be dishonoured for various reasons, the most common being insufficient funds in the account of the person drawing the cheque.
24 Jun, 2013, 03.43 PM IST
- SC gets tough on cheque bounce cases
Delay in settling cheque bounce cases will now cost the defaulter dear, up to 20% of the cheque amount.
04 May, 2010, 07.31 AM IST
- Bounced cheques choke courts
The evening courts launched in Delhi just to deal with cheque bounce cases are the latest sign of how the judiciary , for all its reservati...
13 Nov, 2008, 08.59 AM IST