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The Supreme Court held that a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NIA) cannot be quashed at the pre-trial stage by carrying out an enquiry on the disputed question of fact.  The appellant corporation lodged a complaint under Section 138 of the NIA, alleging that the cheque of Rs 20,00,000 issued […]

Bench: Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi The Supreme Court held that complainants under the POSH Act 2013 can approach the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of their own workplace to lodge complaints against harassment by an employee of a different workplace.  An aggrieved woman filed a complaint against the appellant before the ICC of her workplace. The ICC summoned the

It is an accepted position that the Police took custody of the Appellant’s passport in the exercise of powers under Section 91 of CrPC. and handed over the same to the 3rd Respondent. The direction to return the passports of his wife and son as a condition for the release of the Appellant’s passport was

“Total disablement” in terms of S. 2(1)(l) is the extent of functional disability and not just physical disability, which is the determining factor in assessing total disablement of claimant. Further held, where disablement incurred in accident incapacitates workman for all work which he was capable of performing at time of accident resulting in such disablement,

Dowry Judgement_11-Jan-2022