https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349462 Where a cheque dishonour complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was covered by a duly executed compromise, and the petitioner had acted on that settlement by foregoing connected proceedings, the High Court held that the complainant could not resile from the compromise and continue the complaint. The compromise recorded receipt of the cheque amount to the complainant's entire satisfaction and an undertaking to withdraw the complaint. Allowing the complainant to back out in those circumstances would confer an undue benefit and amount to abuse of process. The complaint, the summoning order, and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. en-us Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:56:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349462 Where a cheque dishonour complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was covered by a duly executed compromise, and the petitioner had acted on that settlement by foregoing connected proceedings, the High Court held that the complainant could not resile from the compromise and continue the complaint. The compromise recorded receipt of the cheque amount to the complainant's entire satisfaction and an undertaking to withdraw the complaint. Allowing the complainant to back out in those circumstances would confer an undue benefit and amount to abuse of process. The complaint, the summoning order, and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349462