https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421875 A non-speaking dismissal of an earlier special leave petition in limine did not attract the doctrine of merger and did not bar the High Court from considering further relief. The Court held that under the Negotiable Instruments Act, offences under Section 138 may be compounded even after conviction where Section 147 applies, because the special compounding provision overrides the general procedural limits in the Code of Criminal Procedure. As the compromise was admitted and full compensation had been paid, no legal impediment remained, and the conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 May 2022 15:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421875 A non-speaking dismissal of an earlier special leave petition in limine did not attract the doctrine of merger and did not bar the High Court from considering further relief. The Court held that under the Negotiable Instruments Act, offences under Section 138 may be compounded even after conviction where Section 147 applies, because the special compounding provision overrides the general procedural limits in the Code of Criminal Procedure. As the compromise was admitted and full compensation had been paid, no legal impediment remained, and the conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421875