https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365934 A rebuttable presumption under the Negotiable Instruments Act can be displaced only by credible, reliable evidence. In a cheque dishonour dispute, an alleged receipt said to show repayment was rejected because it was not disclosed at the notice stage, was not confronted to the complainant in cross-examination, and was not put in the accused's Section 313 statement. The court also treated uncorroborated handwriting opinions as unsafe to rely on in isolation. On that basis, the defence document was held not proved as genuine and insufficient to rebut the statutory presumption. en-us Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 06:38:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365934 A rebuttable presumption under the Negotiable Instruments Act can be displaced only by credible, reliable evidence. In a cheque dishonour dispute, an alleged receipt said to show repayment was rejected because it was not disclosed at the notice stage, was not confronted to the complainant in cross-examination, and was not put in the accused's Section 313 statement. The court also treated uncorroborated handwriting opinions as unsafe to rely on in isolation. On that basis, the defence document was held not proved as genuine and insufficient to rebut the statutory presumption. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365934