https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309574 For Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a post-dated cheque is treated as drawn on the date it is delivered to the payee, not on the future date it bears, for computing the six-month presentation period. The presumption under Section 118(b) as to the date of an instrument operates only until the contrary is shown, and it does not apply where the cheque is shown to be post-dated or antedated. On that basis, presentation beyond six months from delivery was time-barred, and the complaint was liable to be quashed. en-us Wed, 23 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:31:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309574 For Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a post-dated cheque is treated as drawn on the date it is delivered to the payee, not on the future date it bears, for computing the six-month presentation period. The presumption under Section 118(b) as to the date of an instrument operates only until the contrary is shown, and it does not apply where the cheque is shown to be post-dated or antedated. On that basis, presentation beyond six months from delivery was time-barred, and the complaint was liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 23 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309574