https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426455 A director cannot be made to face prosecution under Section 141(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act unless the complaint contains specific averments that he was in charge of and responsible for the company's business at the relevant time. Here, official Registrar of Companies records showed that the director had resigned before the cheques were issued, and those records were treated as reliable at the quashing stage. In the absence of clear role-based allegations and in light of the prior resignation, continuation of the complaint against him was not justified, though the prosecution against the other accused was left undisturbed. en-us Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426455 A director cannot be made to face prosecution under Section 141(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act unless the complaint contains specific averments that he was in charge of and responsible for the company's business at the relevant time. Here, official Registrar of Companies records showed that the director had resigned before the cheques were issued, and those records were treated as reliable at the quashing stage. In the absence of clear role-based allegations and in light of the prior resignation, continuation of the complaint against him was not justified, though the prosecution against the other accused was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426455