https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418195 Complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act were examined in the context of cheques issued after successive compromise settlements. The Gujarat High Court noted that the settlements quantified the parties' liability, including an augmented claim and a later bifurcation of the cheque amount from legal fees, and treated the post-settlement cheques as issued in discharge of a legally enforceable debt. It also considered that the statutory notices were properly issued after dishonour and that prior failed settlement attempts did not bar prosecution at the threshold. The complaints were therefore treated as maintainable, and process was not interfered with. en-us Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418195 Complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act were examined in the context of cheques issued after successive compromise settlements. The Gujarat High Court noted that the settlements quantified the parties' liability, including an augmented claim and a later bifurcation of the cheque amount from legal fees, and treated the post-settlement cheques as issued in discharge of a legally enforceable debt. It also considered that the statutory notices were properly issued after dishonour and that prior failed settlement attempts did not bar prosecution at the threshold. The complaints were therefore treated as maintainable, and process was not interfered with. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418195