Supreme Court of India

Siby Thomas v. M/s. Somany Ceramics Ltd

Neutral citation
Reported as [2023] 13 S.C.R. 821
Bench C. T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 10 October 2023

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the respondent has misread the said decision.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: In the impugned order, the High Court declined to quash the complaint u/s.138 r/w. s.141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 qua the appellant-accused no.4 in exercise of the power u/s. 482 of the Cr.P. . Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s. 138 r/w. s.141 – Respondent fi led complaint u/s. 138 r/w. s.141 of the NI Act – Appellant set up twin grounds to seek quashment of the complaint against him; fi rstly, that he had resigned from the partnership fi rm on 28.05.2013 whereas the cheque in question was issued on 21.08.2015 and secondly, that the complaint is devoid

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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