https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751602 Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act is discretionary, not mandatory: a court must make a prima facie assessment of the complainant's case, the accused's defence, the transaction, financial condition, and other relevant circumstances before directing interim compensation, and the rebuttable presumption under Section 139 does not justify an automatic order. Interim compensation under Section 143A is confined to the drawer of the cheque and cannot be imposed on persons arraigned only under Section 141, because the deeming liability for company offences cannot be read into Section 143A without express language. Orders made otherwise were set aside. en-us Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751602 Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act is discretionary, not mandatory: a court must make a prima facie assessment of the complainant's case, the accused's defence, the transaction, financial condition, and other relevant circumstances before directing interim compensation, and the rebuttable presumption under Section 139 does not justify an automatic order. Interim compensation under Section 143A is confined to the drawer of the cheque and cannot be imposed on persons arraigned only under Section 141, because the deeming liability for company offences cannot be read into Section 143A without express language. Orders made otherwise were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751602