https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=374766 A belated challenge to a summoning order may be declined on delay and laches where no plausible explanation is offered. At the stage of summoning or framing notice, the court examines only whether the complaint and supporting material prima facie disclose the offence; it does not assess the defence on disputed facts. Where the cheque bears the accused's signature and objections such as lack of consideration or the effect of conversion of a company into an LLP require evidence, no infirmity arises in the summoning or notice order. The petition for quashing or discharge was therefore not entertained. en-us Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 14:20:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=374766 A belated challenge to a summoning order may be declined on delay and laches where no plausible explanation is offered. At the stage of summoning or framing notice, the court examines only whether the complaint and supporting material prima facie disclose the offence; it does not assess the defence on disputed facts. Where the cheque bears the accused's signature and objections such as lack of consideration or the effect of conversion of a company into an LLP require evidence, no infirmity arises in the summoning or notice order. The petition for quashing or discharge was therefore not entertained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=374766