Supreme Court of India
M/s S.S. Production and Anr. P1: M/s S. S. Production P2: Tr. S. Subbiah v. Tr. Pavithran Prasanth
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that each one of the loan transactions/financial arrangements was a separate and distinct transaction between the complainant on the one hand and the borrowing company/ appellant on the other.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Issue arose as to whether the courts below were justified in convicting the petitioners u/s.138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for dishonour of cheques and sentencing them to six months of simple imprisonment and to pay the cheque amounts as compensation, in each of the complaints. Headnotes Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss.138, 139 – Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds – Petitioners borrowed certain sum in five instalments as a hand loan from the complainant and promised to repay the same on demand with interest – Issuance of five cheques in
Authorities it was built on
- 1977 Gudikanti Narasimhulu and Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 2019 Basalingappa v. Mudibasappa
- 1988 Mohd. Akhtar Hussain Alias Ibrahim Ahmed Bhatti v. Assistant Collector of Customs (prevention) Ahmedabad & Ors.
- 2013 V. K..bansal v. State of Haryana and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2023 Rajesh Jain v. Ajay Singh
- 2022 Tedhi Singh v. Narayan Dass Mahant
- 1980 Rafiq v. State of U.P.
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Itc Limited v. Aashna Roy
- 2025 Ashok Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. R1: State of Uttar Pradesh R2: Ravindra Pratap Singh
- 2024 Jyoti Devi v. Suket Hospital & Ors.
Of those, 3 mentioned
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