In the case of Smt Sangita v Sukrant & Anr, Bombay High Court considered the question of the territorial jurisdiction and the concept of drawee bank in cheque dishonour cases, against the background of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v State of Maharashtra & Anr. The Supreme Court held that the court within whose territorial jurisdiction the drawee bank has dishonoured the cheque has jurisdiction to deal with a complaint filed under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
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The dispute digest is compiled by Bhasin & Co, Advocates, a corporate law firm based in New Delhi. The authors can be contacted at lbhasin@bhasinco.in or lbhasin@gmail.com. Readers should not act on the basis of this information without seeking professional legal advice.
