https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198820 Complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act remained triable only by a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate First Class, because the special statute displaced general transfer powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 227 could not enlarge jurisdiction to the Court of Session. The selective transfer of only complaints filed up to a specified date created unequal classes of accused, altered appellate and revisional safeguards, and was held to offend Articles 14 and 21. The transfer order was therefore set aside, and the matters were directed back to the Magistrate for trial in accordance with law. en-us Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:43:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198820 Complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act remained triable only by a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate First Class, because the special statute displaced general transfer powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 227 could not enlarge jurisdiction to the Court of Session. The selective transfer of only complaints filed up to a specified date created unequal classes of accused, altered appellate and revisional safeguards, and was held to offend Articles 14 and 21. The transfer order was therefore set aside, and the matters were directed back to the Magistrate for trial in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198820