https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768059 Vicarious liability of a company officer in a cheque-dishonour prosecution arises only where the complaint and evidence show that the person was in charge of and responsible for the company's business, or where consent, connivance or neglect is proved; on the facts, prior correspondence alone did not connect accused No. 4 with the issuance of the relevant cheques or day-to-day business, so leave to appeal against his acquittal was refused. By contrast, the record relating to accused No. 2 contained signed cheques, the parties' agreement, recovery certificates, dishonour memos, statutory notice and oral evidence supporting the debt claim; the appellate finding on absence of legally enforceable liability required scrutiny on merits, so leave to appeal was granted. en-us Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:41:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768059 Vicarious liability of a company officer in a cheque-dishonour prosecution arises only where the complaint and evidence show that the person was in charge of and responsible for the company's business, or where consent, connivance or neglect is proved; on the facts, prior correspondence alone did not connect accused No. 4 with the issuance of the relevant cheques or day-to-day business, so leave to appeal against his acquittal was refused. By contrast, the record relating to accused No. 2 contained signed cheques, the parties' agreement, recovery certificates, dishonour memos, statutory notice and oral evidence supporting the debt claim; the appellate finding on absence of legally enforceable liability required scrutiny on merits, so leave to appeal was granted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768059