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M/s. Laxmi Dyechem v. State of Gujarat & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 466
Bench T.S. Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 27 November 2012

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: c ss. 138 and 139 - Dishonour of cheques for mismatching of signatures - Held: Just as dishonour of a cheque on the ground that the account has been closed is a dishonour falling in the first contingency referred to in s. 138, so also dishonour on the ground that the "signatures do not 0 match" or that the "image is not found'; which too implies that the specimen signatures do not match the signatures on the cheque, would constitute a dishonour within the meaning of s. 138 - So long as the change is brought about with a view to preventing the cheque being

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