https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365159 Section 14 moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code does not extend to a criminal prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The Bombay HC applied ejusdem generis to read the words "proceedings", "order" and "in any court of law" as covering proceedings of a civil nature similar to suits, not criminal complaints. It also treated the interpretation of the analogous bar in Section 446(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 as supporting that construction. As the moratorium order did not expressly prohibit continuation of the criminal matter, the criminal complaint and connected revision could proceed and the order keeping the revision in abeyance was unsustainable. en-us Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365159 Section 14 moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code does not extend to a criminal prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The Bombay HC applied ejusdem generis to read the words "proceedings", "order" and "in any court of law" as covering proceedings of a civil nature similar to suits, not criminal complaints. It also treated the interpretation of the analogous bar in Section 446(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 as supporting that construction. As the moratorium order did not expressly prohibit continuation of the criminal matter, the criminal complaint and connected revision could proceed and the order keeping the revision in abeyance was unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365159