Dishonor of Cheque - service of demand notice - Period of...

Dishonor of Cheque - service of demand notice - Period of limitation - the petitioner relies on the dates of return memos, i.e., dates of return of cheques in question, to compute the period of 30 days prescribed in the statute and contends that the legal demands notices were not issued in time. To the contrary, the complainant relies on the dates of receipt of return statements from its Bank, i.e., the dates on which intimation was received regarding dishonor of the cheques in question, to submit that the legal demand notices were issued within the statutory period. - the legal notices were posted by the complainant Company within 30 days of the receipt of information from its Bank regarding dishonor of the cheques in question and were not time-barred - HC

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