https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380898 Amended Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to apply to appeals against conviction filed after the amendment, even where the underlying cheque dishonour complaint pre-dated it, because the change was treated as procedural at the appellate stage and consistent with the object of strengthening Section 138 enforcement. The Court also read the word "may" as ordinarily enabling a deposit order, with 20% of the fine or compensation serving as the statutory minimum unless special reasons justify departure. Section 357(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was held not to control this power because Section 148 operates notwithstanding the Code, so a deposit direction pending appeal was sustained. en-us Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380898 Amended Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to apply to appeals against conviction filed after the amendment, even where the underlying cheque dishonour complaint pre-dated it, because the change was treated as procedural at the appellate stage and consistent with the object of strengthening Section 138 enforcement. The Court also read the word "may" as ordinarily enabling a deposit order, with 20% of the fine or compensation serving as the statutory minimum unless special reasons justify departure. Section 357(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was held not to control this power because Section 148 operates notwithstanding the Code, so a deposit direction pending appeal was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380898