https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342046 Multiple convictions under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act arising from successive transactions between the same parties and based on substantially the same evidence may be treated as part of a single series of dealings. On that basis, the Court noted that inherent jurisdiction under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be used to direct substantive sentences to run concurrently where the transactions show sufficient identity, including cheques issued toward a common liability. The commentary also notes that such concurrency may be granted while leaving default sentences unaffected if fines remain unpaid. en-us Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342046 Multiple convictions under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act arising from successive transactions between the same parties and based on substantially the same evidence may be treated as part of a single series of dealings. On that basis, the Court noted that inherent jurisdiction under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be used to direct substantive sentences to run concurrently where the transactions show sufficient identity, including cheques issued toward a common liability. The commentary also notes that such concurrency may be granted while leaving default sentences unaffected if fines remain unpaid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342046