https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305005 In a cheque dishonour prosecution, the Court held that the accused's right to fair trial and rebuttal evidence does not extend to repeated forensic testing where the request lacks relevance or appears intended to delay proceedings. Earlier attempts to obtain expert opinion on the age of ink had already failed, and the renewed request to send the same cheque to another laboratory was found to be dilatory. The defence that a managing partner had issued a blank signed cheque was also found not credible on the facts. The request for further forensic examination was therefore refused, and the challenge to that refusal failed. en-us Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:15:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305005 In a cheque dishonour prosecution, the Court held that the accused's right to fair trial and rebuttal evidence does not extend to repeated forensic testing where the request lacks relevance or appears intended to delay proceedings. Earlier attempts to obtain expert opinion on the age of ink had already failed, and the renewed request to send the same cheque to another laboratory was found to be dilatory. The defence that a managing partner had issued a blank signed cheque was also found not credible on the facts. The request for further forensic examination was therefore refused, and the challenge to that refusal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305005