https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469950 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was found premature because the statutory notice, sent to the correct address, was returned unclaimed and the complainant filed the case before expiry of 15 days from the date of deemed receipt of the returned cover or intimation of non-service. The note states that where notice is returned with an endorsement such as unclaimed, refused, locked, or not available, service is deemed in law; for computing the waiting period, the relevant date is when the complainant receives the returned notice or is otherwise informed, not the postal endorsement date. On that basis, the complaint was held not maintainable and the acquittal was confirmed. en-us Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:13:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469950 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was found premature because the statutory notice, sent to the correct address, was returned unclaimed and the complainant filed the case before expiry of 15 days from the date of deemed receipt of the returned cover or intimation of non-service. The note states that where notice is returned with an endorsement such as unclaimed, refused, locked, or not available, service is deemed in law; for computing the waiting period, the relevant date is when the complainant receives the returned notice or is otherwise informed, not the postal endorsement date. On that basis, the complaint was held not maintainable and the acquittal was confirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469950