https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459809 The HC allowed a petition seeking amendment of a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act to correct a clerical error where the year "2010" was mistakenly mentioned instead of "2012" in all documents including the notice and complaint. The court held that proceedings under Section 138 are quasi-criminal in nature and the amendment was permissible as it involved correcting an unintentional mistake that could prove fatal to the complainant's case. The respondent could not claim actual prejudice since the application was filed before completion of prosecution evidence and the mistake did not relate to a different cheque but merely involved correcting the year. en-us Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:10:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459809 The HC allowed a petition seeking amendment of a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act to correct a clerical error where the year "2010" was mistakenly mentioned instead of "2012" in all documents including the notice and complaint. The court held that proceedings under Section 138 are quasi-criminal in nature and the amendment was permissible as it involved correcting an unintentional mistake that could prove fatal to the complainant's case. The respondent could not claim actual prejudice since the application was filed before completion of prosecution evidence and the mistake did not relate to a different cheque but merely involved correcting the year. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459809