https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305950 A director's resignation before the cheques were issued was treated as decisive in assessing liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The record showed that the petitioner had ceased to be a director from 23.07.2011, while the complaint and summoning order proceeded on the basis of his alleged directorship. As he was not holding that office when the cheques were issued, continuation of the criminal proceedings against him was held to be unjustified, and the summoning order and complaint proceedings were quashed qua the petitioner. en-us Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 08:43:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305950 A director's resignation before the cheques were issued was treated as decisive in assessing liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The record showed that the petitioner had ceased to be a director from 23.07.2011, while the complaint and summoning order proceeded on the basis of his alleged directorship. As he was not holding that office when the cheques were issued, continuation of the criminal proceedings against him was held to be unjustified, and the summoning order and complaint proceedings were quashed qua the petitioner. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305950