https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389286 Under Section 145(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, an accused seeking recall of the complainant for cross-examination is not required to state reasons in the application. The provision was read with the cheque dishonour trial scheme, under which an affidavit under Section 145(1) serves as evidence and the deponent must be summoned for cross-examination when the opposite party applies under Section 145(2). The Court held that no additional explanatory requirement can be implied into the text, and the complainant may be cross-examined on the affidavit evidence without repeating examination-in-chief. en-us Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:23:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389286 Under Section 145(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, an accused seeking recall of the complainant for cross-examination is not required to state reasons in the application. The provision was read with the cheque dishonour trial scheme, under which an affidavit under Section 145(1) serves as evidence and the deponent must be summoned for cross-examination when the opposite party applies under Section 145(2). The Court held that no additional explanatory requirement can be implied into the text, and the complainant may be cross-examined on the affidavit evidence without repeating examination-in-chief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389286