https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345512 The 2015 amendment to the Negotiable Instruments Act shifted territorial jurisdiction for Section 138 complaints to the court where the payee's bank account branch is situated and where the cheque is delivered for collection. The earlier rule linking jurisdiction to the place of dishonour no longer applied after the amendment. A complaint pending before a court lacking jurisdiction under the amended scheme was treated as suffering from a jurisdictional defect and was required to be transferred to the competent court. en-us Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:34:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345512 The 2015 amendment to the Negotiable Instruments Act shifted territorial jurisdiction for Section 138 complaints to the court where the payee's bank account branch is situated and where the cheque is delivered for collection. The earlier rule linking jurisdiction to the place of dishonour no longer applied after the amendment. A complaint pending before a court lacking jurisdiction under the amended scheme was treated as suffering from a jurisdictional defect and was required to be transferred to the competent court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345512