https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198320 The amended pre-process inquiry under Section 202 CrPC applies to complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, but non-compliance does not automatically vitiate cognizance or issuance of process where sufficient ground for proceeding otherwise exists. The court treated the Section 200, 202, 203 and 204 stages as a limited scrutiny of whether the complaint materials justify process, and held that complaint, affidavit and supporting documents may already satisfy that threshold. On that basis, a further inquiry was unnecessary in one proceeding and the direction for such inquiry was set aside, while the companion complaint was allowed to continue because omission of further inquiry did not invalidate the process. en-us Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:22:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198320 The amended pre-process inquiry under Section 202 CrPC applies to complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, but non-compliance does not automatically vitiate cognizance or issuance of process where sufficient ground for proceeding otherwise exists. The court treated the Section 200, 202, 203 and 204 stages as a limited scrutiny of whether the complaint materials justify process, and held that complaint, affidavit and supporting documents may already satisfy that threshold. On that basis, a further inquiry was unnecessary in one proceeding and the direction for such inquiry was set aside, while the companion complaint was allowed to continue because omission of further inquiry did not invalidate the process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198320