https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194927 In a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the text states that service of the statutory notice cannot be presumed from bare dispatch by registered post alone at the pre-summoning stage. It explains that the presumption under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act applies only where the notice is properly addressed and posted, together with some reliable postal material such as delivery, refusal, unclaimed return, or a comparable endorsement. It further notes that Section 138 is penal and must be strictly construed, and that the service approach in Section 94 cannot be imported into Chapter XVII. The result is that some proof of delivery or equivalent postal evidence is required before cognizance. en-us Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:26:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194927 In a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the text states that service of the statutory notice cannot be presumed from bare dispatch by registered post alone at the pre-summoning stage. It explains that the presumption under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act applies only where the notice is properly addressed and posted, together with some reliable postal material such as delivery, refusal, unclaimed return, or a comparable endorsement. It further notes that Section 138 is penal and must be strictly construed, and that the service approach in Section 94 cannot be imported into Chapter XVII. The result is that some proof of delivery or equivalent postal evidence is required before cognizance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194927