Emphasising that a material alteration in a cheque does not, by itself, absolve the accused of criminal liability, the Jammu ...

While alteration of the cheque amount is a material alteration under law, the court ruled that consent and responsibility for alteration are factual questions. The complaint was not quashed at the pre ...

In simple words, a cheque is an order to a bank to pay a particular sum of money from the account of the issuer of the cheque, written on a specifically printed form. The issuer of the cheque is ...

The court held that cheque dishonour caused by a statutory account freeze during insolvency does not attract criminal liability. The key takeaway is that lawful incapacity, not default, defeats ...