https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301817 The proviso to Section 142(b) of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits condonation of delay in appropriate cases to avoid defeat of the statutory remedy on technical limitation grounds. A later binding Supreme Court ruling was applied to hold that, where limitation is raised even after cognizance and progress in trial, the complaint must be examined on merits under the proviso rather than rejected for want of jurisdiction. The earlier view that delay could not be condoned after cognizance was displaced, and the proceedings were restored to the pre-cognizance stage for fresh consideration of condonation. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:56:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301817 The proviso to Section 142(b) of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits condonation of delay in appropriate cases to avoid defeat of the statutory remedy on technical limitation grounds. A later binding Supreme Court ruling was applied to hold that, where limitation is raised even after cognizance and progress in trial, the complaint must be examined on merits under the proviso rather than rejected for want of jurisdiction. The earlier view that delay could not be condoned after cognizance was displaced, and the proceedings were restored to the pre-cognizance stage for fresh consideration of condonation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301817