https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113199 In a complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, allegations that directors were in charge of and responsible for the company's business can be sufficient to justify summons without a detailed recital of each director's individual role. The text explains that internal allocation of work, delegation, or the status of a sleeping or non-working director is ordinarily within the directors' special knowledge, so the complainant need not disprove responsibility at the threshold. It also states that claims of resignation or non-involvement are matters of defence to be established at trial, not grounds to quash the summoning order. en-us Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:12:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113199 In a complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, allegations that directors were in charge of and responsible for the company's business can be sufficient to justify summons without a detailed recital of each director's individual role. The text explains that internal allocation of work, delegation, or the status of a sleeping or non-working director is ordinarily within the directors' special knowledge, so the complainant need not disprove responsibility at the threshold. It also states that claims of resignation or non-involvement are matters of defence to be established at trial, not grounds to quash the summoning order. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113199