https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427786 In cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the extent of compensation is discretionary and need not invariably equal twice the cheque amount. Enhancement of sentence and compensation was found unwarranted because the revisional court's refusal was not shown to be perverse, and the complainant had withdrawn the compensation without reservation or leave of court. The cited Supreme Court decision was treated as factually distinguishable, as compensation had not been imposed there. The trial court's award was therefore left undisturbed, and the challenge to enhancement failed. en-us Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 13:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427786 In cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the extent of compensation is discretionary and need not invariably equal twice the cheque amount. Enhancement of sentence and compensation was found unwarranted because the revisional court's refusal was not shown to be perverse, and the complainant had withdrawn the compensation without reservation or leave of court. The cited Supreme Court decision was treated as factually distinguishable, as compensation had not been imposed there. The trial court's award was therefore left undisturbed, and the challenge to enhancement failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427786