https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443237 Absence of a money-lending licence under the Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938 does not, by itself, bar a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, because the two statutes operate in distinct fields: one regulates civil recovery by money-lenders, while the other creates a criminal remedy for cheque dishonour. A summons-case complaint cannot be terminated at the pre-trial stage on an assumption that the complainant is an unlicensed money-lender without trial and evidence. Revisional interference is proper where such dismissal rests on a wrong legal premise, and the complaints were restored for trial on merits. en-us Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443237 Absence of a money-lending licence under the Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938 does not, by itself, bar a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, because the two statutes operate in distinct fields: one regulates civil recovery by money-lenders, while the other creates a criminal remedy for cheque dishonour. A summons-case complaint cannot be terminated at the pre-trial stage on an assumption that the complainant is an unlicensed money-lender without trial and evidence. Revisional interference is proper where such dismissal rests on a wrong legal premise, and the complaints were restored for trial on merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443237