https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793765 A civil monetary claim must be supported by cogent proof of the underlying transaction, liability, and entrustment; suspicious or unreliable documents will not establish entitlement to recovery. In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a cheque issued towards an admitted liability attracts the statutory presumption of legally enforceable debt, and the accused must rebut it with credible evidence. Unsupported allegations and untrustworthy documents do not displace that presumption, while reliance on a civil decree cannot sustain an acquittal if the decree itself is not dependable. en-us Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793765 A civil monetary claim must be supported by cogent proof of the underlying transaction, liability, and entrustment; suspicious or unreliable documents will not establish entitlement to recovery. In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a cheque issued towards an admitted liability attracts the statutory presumption of legally enforceable debt, and the accused must rebut it with credible evidence. Unsupported allegations and untrustworthy documents do not displace that presumption, while reliance on a civil decree cannot sustain an acquittal if the decree itself is not dependable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793765