The Supreme Court has ruled that a person convicted in a cheque bounce case can avoid jail if they reach a compromise with the complainant....

The finance ministry is considering multiple ways such as dipping into other accounts of a cheque issuer and prohibition of opening of new ...

The Supreme Court said it will be a "travesty of justice" to drag directors of a company, who may not be connected with the issuance of a c...

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that Centre has the power under Article 247 of the Constitution coup...

The state commission on January 20, 2016 allowed Divanji's appeal directing the bank to pay him Rs 3,60,000 and had set aside the district ...

The private complaint was filed by KIA in 2012. It was alleged that the airlines owed it a debt of Rs 58,40,02,893.64.

The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017, also seeks do away with "unnecessary" litigation in cheque dishonour cases.

RBI said it has reviewed these instructions and it will be now up to the discretion of banks how to respond in such cases.

The government today approved a proposal to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015.

To check piling up of cheque bounce cases in various courts, the Cabinet today approved changes in Negotiable Instruments Act to provide fo...

The Supreme Court today held that courts at places where a cheque is deposited for encashment can hear cheque-bounce complaints.

The Supreme Court has held that a joint account holder cannot be prosecuted in a cheque bounce case unless the cheque has been signed by ea...

In a 2010 judgment, the SC had laid down guidelines for early settlement in cheque dishonour cases under Section 138.

A person may face criminal proceedings if a cheque issued by him gets dishonoured on the ground that his signature does not match the speci...

GHIAL, which manages Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, has filed a petition in a local court against Kingfisher Airlines for dishono...

There are currently over 30 lakh cases of bounced cheque in the courts, a problem the government feels can be addressed through electronic ...

With the passage of Negotiatable Instruments (Amendment) Bill 2002, the decks are now cleared for expeditious disposal of cases related to ...