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Rajesh Jain v. Ajay Singh

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Reported as [2023] 13 S.C.R. 788
Bench Aravind Kumar and S.V. N. Bhatti JJ.
Decided 9 October 2023

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Issue for consideration: Since the execution of the cheque is, admittedly, not under dispute, the limited question to be considered, is (i) whether the accused can be said to have discharged his ‘evidential burden’, for the courts below to have concluded that the presumption of law supplied by s.139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 had been rebutted. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.139 – Respondent-accused tried for off ence u/s. 138 of NI Act – Trial Court acquitted respondent – Order of acquittal upheld by the High Court – Propriety: Held: There is a fundamental fl aw in the way

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