https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302102 A non-speaking dismissal of an SLP in limine does not cause merger of the High Court judgment with the Supreme Court order. On that basis, a recall application remained maintainable where the parties later compromised in a prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Section 147 of that Act was treated as an enabling provision with overriding effect, permitting compounding of the Section 138 offence even after conviction, and Section 362 CrPC did not bar such relief. The compromise was accepted, the offence was compounded, and the conviction and sentence were set aside, resulting in acquittal. en-us Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 May 2022 20:56:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302102 A non-speaking dismissal of an SLP in limine does not cause merger of the High Court judgment with the Supreme Court order. On that basis, a recall application remained maintainable where the parties later compromised in a prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Section 147 of that Act was treated as an enabling provision with overriding effect, permitting compounding of the Section 138 offence even after conviction, and Section 362 CrPC did not bar such relief. The compromise was accepted, the offence was compounded, and the conviction and sentence were set aside, resulting in acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302102