https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771345 Where a cheque was issued pursuant to a mediated settlement that had already been partly performed, a fresh or continuing prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to be impermissible because the original dispute stood subsumed by the compromise. Any breach of the settlement had to be pursued through enforcement remedies under the Code of Criminal Procedure or by contempt proceedings, not by duplicative criminal complaints on the same underlying liability. The Court also held that the complaint did not disclose a legally recoverable debt, as the earlier transaction had been absorbed into the settlement and part payment had already been received. The settlement-based complaint was quashed. en-us Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 24 May 2025 09:00:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771345 Where a cheque was issued pursuant to a mediated settlement that had already been partly performed, a fresh or continuing prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was held to be impermissible because the original dispute stood subsumed by the compromise. Any breach of the settlement had to be pursued through enforcement remedies under the Code of Criminal Procedure or by contempt proceedings, not by duplicative criminal complaints on the same underlying liability. The Court also held that the complaint did not disclose a legally recoverable debt, as the earlier transaction had been absorbed into the settlement and part payment had already been received. The settlement-based complaint was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771345