https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=797037 Vicarious criminal liability for cheque-dishonour offences by a company requires specific allegations that the former director was in charge of and responsible for the company's business when the offence occurred, or that it resulted from that person's consent, connivance or neglect. Directorship alone and general assertions do not satisfy this requirement. Where statutory corporate records establish resignation before the cheques were issued and dishonoured, and the former director neither signed the cheques nor had a pleaded role in the alleged offence, continuation of proceedings is vexatious and constitutes an abuse of process. Summoning orders and complaints against that former director are liable to be quashed. en-us Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:38:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=797037 Vicarious criminal liability for cheque-dishonour offences by a company requires specific allegations that the former director was in charge of and responsible for the company's business when the offence occurred, or that it resulted from that person's consent, connivance or neglect. Directorship alone and general assertions do not satisfy this requirement. Where statutory corporate records establish resignation before the cheques were issued and dishonoured, and the former director neither signed the cheques nor had a pleaded role in the alleged offence, continuation of proceedings is vexatious and constitutes an abuse of process. Summoning orders and complaints against that former director are liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=797037