https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358309 After the amendment to Section 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a cheque dishonour complaint delivered for collection through the payee's account is triable where the payee's bank branch is situated. The drawer's bank location does not displace that statutory jurisdiction. Applying this rule, the complaint was held triable at Bhagalpur, as the cheque was presented through the complainant's account there. A separate case pending at Katihar, arising from a different transaction, did not justify transfer on forum convenience under Section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The transfer request was therefore rejected. en-us Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:23:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358309 After the amendment to Section 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a cheque dishonour complaint delivered for collection through the payee's account is triable where the payee's bank branch is situated. The drawer's bank location does not displace that statutory jurisdiction. Applying this rule, the complaint was held triable at Bhagalpur, as the cheque was presented through the complainant's account there. A separate case pending at Katihar, arising from a different transaction, did not justify transfer on forum convenience under Section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The transfer request was therefore rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358309