https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419648 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act must be tried by the court within whose local jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated when the cheque is delivered for collection through that account. On the stated facts, the payee's bank was in North District, while the complaint had been filed in West District, so the filing court lacked territorial jurisdiction. Transfer to the competent court in North District was therefore warranted. en-us Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:32:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419648 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act must be tried by the court within whose local jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated when the cheque is delivered for collection through that account. On the stated facts, the payee's bank was in North District, while the complaint had been filed in West District, so the filing court lacked territorial jurisdiction. Transfer to the competent court in North District was therefore warranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419648