https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416238 Vicarious criminal liability of a company director in cheque dishonour matters requires specific pleadings showing that the accused was, at the relevant time, in charge of and responsible for the company's business; a bare designation as director is not enough. Where the complaint and supporting material do not link the accused to issuance of the cheque, the company transaction, or any fraudulent inducement at the inception of the alleged cheating, proceedings cannot be sustained. The pleaded absence of foundational averments for both cheque dishonour liability and cheating liability meant the criminal proceedings against the petitioner were liable to be quashed. en-us Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416238 Vicarious criminal liability of a company director in cheque dishonour matters requires specific pleadings showing that the accused was, at the relevant time, in charge of and responsible for the company's business; a bare designation as director is not enough. Where the complaint and supporting material do not link the accused to issuance of the cheque, the company transaction, or any fraudulent inducement at the inception of the alleged cheating, proceedings cannot be sustained. The pleaded absence of foundational averments for both cheque dishonour liability and cheating liability meant the criminal proceedings against the petitioner were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416238