https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301125 A contractual termination clause referring to a criminal offence cannot automatically be invoked for every statutory offence. The Madhya Pradesh High Court distinguished mala in se offences from malum prohibitum offences and held that a conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, arising from a civil transaction, is not by itself an offence involving moral turpitude. Clause 45(d) was wide, but not wide enough to treat every punishable act as a ground for dealership termination unless the contract clearly so provides. On that basis, termination of the dealership was not justified. en-us Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:46:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301125 A contractual termination clause referring to a criminal offence cannot automatically be invoked for every statutory offence. The Madhya Pradesh High Court distinguished mala in se offences from malum prohibitum offences and held that a conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, arising from a civil transaction, is not by itself an offence involving moral turpitude. Clause 45(d) was wide, but not wide enough to treat every punishable act as a ground for dealership termination unless the contract clearly so provides. On that basis, termination of the dealership was not justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301125