https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296243 A complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act filed through a company's power of attorney holder was held unsustainable where the authorised representative could not further delegate authority for instituting criminal proceedings. Mandatory service of the statutory notice under Section 138 was also not established, as the notice was returned unserved and was not sent to the correct address, defeating cognizance. The proceedings were further found to lack territorial jurisdiction because the cheque was issued and dishonour occurred in Orissa, not Daman. The writ petition was held maintainable to challenge proceedings initiated outside the territorial cause of action, and the complaint was quashed. en-us Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:20:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296243 A complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act filed through a company's power of attorney holder was held unsustainable where the authorised representative could not further delegate authority for instituting criminal proceedings. Mandatory service of the statutory notice under Section 138 was also not established, as the notice was returned unserved and was not sent to the correct address, defeating cognizance. The proceedings were further found to lack territorial jurisdiction because the cheque was issued and dishonour occurred in Orissa, not Daman. The writ petition was held maintainable to challenge proceedings initiated outside the territorial cause of action, and the complaint was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296243