Supreme Court of India
M/s Gimpex Private Limited v. Manoj Goel
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we hereby pass the following order: (i) We are of the view that the Single Judge was in error in quashing the complaint CC No. 389/2017 pending on the file of the Seventh Metropolitan Magistrate, Chennai.
Judgment, page 36
From the headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss. 138, 139 – P arallel prosecutions arising from a single transaction u/s. 138 – Impermissibility of – Dishonour of cheques – First set of complaints filed – Compromise – First complaint pending, chequ es issued pursuant to the compromise deed also dishonoured – Second complaint filed – Both the complaints if can be pur sued simultaneously – Held: No – settlement agreement effaces the original complaint – Non-compliance of the terms of the settlement agreement or dishonour of cheques issued subsequent to it gives rise to a fresh cause of action – Allowing
Authorities it was built on
- 1999 K. Bhaskaran v. Sankaran Vaidhyan Balan and Anr.
- 2010 Damodar S. Prabhu v. Sayed Babalal H.
- 2017 M/s. Meters and Instruments Private Limited & Anr. v. Kanchan Mehta
- 1965 Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay & Another v. Ishwarlal Bhagwandas and Others
- 2011 R. Vijayan v. Baby and Anr.
- 2008 Lalit Kumar Sharma and Anr. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Dhananjay Rathi v. Ruchika Rathi
- 2024 M/s New Win Export & Anr. v. A. Subramaniam
- 2023 Rajesh Jain v. Ajay Singh
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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