Supreme Court of India

Atamjit Singh v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 1179
Bench Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 22 January 2024

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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in quashing the order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate summoning Respondent No. 2 in relation to commission of offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, on the premise that as on the date of the issuance of the summoning order, the underlying debt and/or liability qua Respondent No. 2 was time barred. Headnotes Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.138 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Scope of interference by the High Court in proceedings u/s.138 of the NI Act qua allegedly time barred debt

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