https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397191 An instrument with an incoherent or uncertain amount in words and figures does not satisfy the statutory requirement of certainty for a cheque under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. A cheque must be a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker for a certain sum, and section 18 only gives precedence to words over figures where the amount stated in words still conveys a definite sum. If the words themselves are absurd or unintelligible, the defect is not cured and section 138 cannot apply because the instrument is invalid at the threshold. Proceedings against the revisionists were therefore unsustainable and discharge was warranted. en-us Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:45:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397191 An instrument with an incoherent or uncertain amount in words and figures does not satisfy the statutory requirement of certainty for a cheque under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. A cheque must be a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker for a certain sum, and section 18 only gives precedence to words over figures where the amount stated in words still conveys a definite sum. If the words themselves are absurd or unintelligible, the defect is not cured and section 138 cannot apply because the instrument is invalid at the threshold. Proceedings against the revisionists were therefore unsustainable and discharge was warranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397191