https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196698 Section 145 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits affidavit evidence in cheque dishonour proceedings and is aimed at expeditious trial management. The provision was read as allowing the deponent to be summoned for cross-examination and re-examination, but not to require a fresh oral examination-in-chief after affidavit evidence is filed. The amended Section 145 was treated as procedural and therefore applicable to pending Section 138 complaints. The Court also recognised that an accused may, on a written request and subject to the Criminal Procedure Code, be permitted to give evidence on affidavit, while documentary objections may be noted and finally decided later, with curable defects regularised through further evidence. en-us Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:38:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196698 Section 145 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits affidavit evidence in cheque dishonour proceedings and is aimed at expeditious trial management. The provision was read as allowing the deponent to be summoned for cross-examination and re-examination, but not to require a fresh oral examination-in-chief after affidavit evidence is filed. The amended Section 145 was treated as procedural and therefore applicable to pending Section 138 complaints. The Court also recognised that an accused may, on a written request and subject to the Criminal Procedure Code, be permitted to give evidence on affidavit, while documentary objections may be noted and finally decided later, with curable defects regularised through further evidence. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196698