Directors' Vicarious Liability in Cheque Dishonor: Understanding Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

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....Dishonour of Cheque - icarious liability of directors - It is apparent that the words "was in charge of" and "was responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company" cannot be read disjunctively and the same ought be read conjunctively in view of use of the word "and" in between. - Only by saying that a person was in charge of the company at the time when the offence was committed is not sufficient to attract sub-section 1 of Section 141 of the NI Act. - SC....