https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=420845 A cheque may be presented more than once within its validity period, and a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can be founded on the later dishonour if the statutory notice is issued after that dishonour. The absence of a complaint on the earlier dishonour does not bar a complaint based on the subsequent presentation, because successive presentations are not prohibited by law. Since the cheque was re-presented within validity and notice followed the second dishonour, the complaint was maintainable and the challenge to cognizance on the ground of prior dishonour failed. en-us Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=420845 A cheque may be presented more than once within its validity period, and a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can be founded on the later dishonour if the statutory notice is issued after that dishonour. The absence of a complaint on the earlier dishonour does not bar a complaint based on the subsequent presentation, because successive presentations are not prohibited by law. Since the cheque was re-presented within validity and notice followed the second dishonour, the complaint was maintainable and the challenge to cognizance on the ground of prior dishonour failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=420845