Supreme Court of India

M/s Naresh Potteries v. M/s Aarti Industries and Another

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 40
Bench B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 1 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court has passed the impugned judgment and order on a completely perfunctory and erroneous reasoning which depicts absence of careful consideration.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards whether the complaint filed by the appellant u/s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is in accordance with the requirement u/s.142 of the NI Act. Headnotes† Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss.138, 142 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.190, 200 – Cognizance of offence – Complaint filed by the appellant-power of attorney holder and manager of the appellant-firm u/s.138 against respondent no.1 – Order passed to summon, the sole owner of respondent no.1 – Application u/s.482 Cr.P. . by respondent no.1 seeking quashing of the

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