Supreme Court of India
D. Purushotama Reddy & Anr. v. K. Sateesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that literal interpretation, if given, may give rise to an anomaly or absurdity which must be -A avoided.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.357 (1) and (5) - Issuance of cheque towards payment of loan - Dishonour of '-i c cheque - Initiation of criminal as well as civil proceedings against the defaulter - In criminal case direction to pay the creditor the principal amount - Amount paid - Thereafter de- cree passed for the principal amount as well as interest thereon - Appeal against decree dismissed - On appeal, held: In viev'I of s. 357, a duty is cast upon the civil court to take into consid- eration the amount paid in the criminal proceeding, even if such plea is not taken by the party -
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Sankar Padam Thapa v. Vijaykumar Dineshchandra Agarwal
- 2020 V. Kalyanaswamy (d) by Lrs. & Anr. v. L. Bakthavatsalam (d) by Lrs. & Ors.
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