https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352288 Section 145 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to be procedural and therefore applicable retrospectively to complaints under Section 138 pending when it came into force; the objection to complainant affidavit evidence was rejected. However, the affidavit procedure is confined to Section 138 proceedings and cannot be extended to sustain summoning for cheating under Section 420 IPC. On that basis, the summons for the IPC offence was quashed, while the cheque dishonour prosecution was allowed to proceed in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 09:28:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352288 Section 145 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to be procedural and therefore applicable retrospectively to complaints under Section 138 pending when it came into force; the objection to complainant affidavit evidence was rejected. However, the affidavit procedure is confined to Section 138 proceedings and cannot be extended to sustain summoning for cheating under Section 420 IPC. On that basis, the summons for the IPC offence was quashed, while the cheque dishonour prosecution was allowed to proceed in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352288