Agarwal Coal Corporation Pvt. Ltd. v. Benaka Sponge Iron Pvt. Ltd.
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – Sections 138 and 141
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 138/141 NI Act; cheque dishonour; impleadment of signatory and directors; authorized signatory liability without specific averments; sole signatory of cheques; Section 482 Cr.P.C. / Section 528 BNSS quashing; K.K. Ahuja v. V.K. Vora (2009) 10 SCC 48; SMS Pharmaceuticals v. Neeta Bhalla (2005) 8 SCC 89; Agarwal Coal Corporation v. Benaka Sponge Iron; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; CRL.P. Nos.100988, 100981, 100982, 100984, 100985, 100986, 100987 of 2024; criminal revision Crl.R.P. Nos.130-136/2022; C.C. Nos.1095-1101/2015 Ballari; petitions partly allowed.
What did the court decide?
Impugned orders set aside only insofar as they rejected the prayer for impleading respondent No.3 (authorized signatory of the cheques); petitioner permitted to implead respondent No.3 as a party before the trial Court in C.C. Nos.1098, 1096, 1099, 1101, 1097, 1100 and 1095 of 2015; no relief against respondents 4 to 6 as petitions not pressed against them.