https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426810 Section 142(2)(a) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides territorial jurisdiction to the court within whose local limits the branch of the bank where the payee or holder in due course maintains the account is situated, where a cheque is delivered for collection through that account. The statutory rule applies to cheques presented through the payee's account and does not create any jurisdictional distinction between bearer cheques and account payee or crossed cheques. Where the cheque is collected through the relevant account and dishonour intimation is received through that branch, the complaint is triable in that court. en-us Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:35:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426810 Section 142(2)(a) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides territorial jurisdiction to the court within whose local limits the branch of the bank where the payee or holder in due course maintains the account is situated, where a cheque is delivered for collection through that account. The statutory rule applies to cheques presented through the payee's account and does not create any jurisdictional distinction between bearer cheques and account payee or crossed cheques. Where the cheque is collected through the relevant account and dishonour intimation is received through that branch, the complaint is triable in that court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426810