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Supreme Court judgments on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

67 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Section 118 7Section 138 47Section 139 16Section 141 13Section 142 8Section 143A 5
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Cheque dishonour (Section 138 NI Act) 85
Christopher Raj vs K Vijayakumar
SC · 5 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 61 : 2019 INSC 726
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: s.138 – Insufficiency of funds – Dishonour of cheque – Trial court acquitted the appellantaccused – In appeal by complainant before High Court, there was no representation for the appell…
Rohitbhai Jivanlal Patel vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 417 : 2019 INSC 393
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss. 118, 138 and 139 – Presumption u/ss. 118 and 139 – 7 cheques of Rs. 3 Lakhs each, drawn by the accused-appellant in favour of the complainantrespondent no.2 – Dishonoured – Trial Co…
Bir Singh vs Mukesh Kumar
SC · 6 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 24 : 2019 INSC 149
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: s.138 and 139 – Dishonour of cheque for insufficient funds – Conviction by trial Court as well as appellate court – In Revision, High Court reversing the concurrent factual finding of co…
Anss Rajashekar vs Augustus Jeba Ananth
SC · 18 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 731 : 2019 INSC 59
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss.138 and 139 – Dishonour of cheque – Appeal against conviction – Appellant’s plea was that there was an absence of legally enforceable debt and the burden which was cast by the provis…
Himanshu vs B. Shivamurthy & Anr.
SC · 17 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 991 : 2019 INSC 53
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.141 and Proviso to s.138 – Maintainability of Complaint – When cheque was drawn by a person as a director of a Company – Appellant borrowed a sum of money from respondent and issued a…
T.P. Murugan (Dead) Thr. Lrs. vs Bojan
SC · 31 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 355 : 2018 INSC 655
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.139 – Statutory presumption under –Operation of – Appellants after being inducted as Directors in respondent’s company infused capital therein by way of deposits and shares – Subseque…
Kishan Rao vs Shankargouda
SC · 2 July 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 69 : 2018 INSC 561
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s. 139 – Presumption in favour of holder – Rebuttal of – Dishonour of cheque due to insufficiency of funds – Conviction by the trial court – High Court set aside the conviction holding…

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