https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=402275 In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the statutory notice must demand payment within fifteen days of receipt; a notice calling for payment within seven days is defective and cannot sustain the complaint. Territorial jurisdiction is determined by the place where the cheque is delivered for collection through the payee's bank account; where the cheque was presented through a Chennai branch, a complaint filed before the Judicial Magistrate at Chengalpattu was before an incompetent forum. The prosecution was quashed for both defects. en-us Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=402275 In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the statutory notice must demand payment within fifteen days of receipt; a notice calling for payment within seven days is defective and cannot sustain the complaint. Territorial jurisdiction is determined by the place where the cheque is delivered for collection through the payee's bank account; where the cheque was presented through a Chennai branch, a complaint filed before the Judicial Magistrate at Chengalpattu was before an incompetent forum. The prosecution was quashed for both defects. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=402275