The government is planning to bring amendment to the Negotiable Instruments Act (NIA) in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament in a push for a less-cash economy, and a draft Bill in this regard ...

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that where a drawer of a cheque deliberately appends a signature that ...

In India, the Negotiable Instruments Act was enacted in the year 1881. Before its enactment, the provision of English Negotiable Instrument Act was relevant in India, and the present Act is also based ...

The Supreme Court has held that the dishonour of multiple cheques arising from the same underlying transaction can give rise ...

Department of Financial Services (DFS) which comes under the Ministry of Finance is opposed to the suggestion of decriminalising offences related to cheque bouncing cases. According to sources, ...

New Delhi, Dec 10 () The government is looking to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act (NIA) in a bid to promote less-cash economy and a Bill in this respect is likely to be introduced in the upcoming ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday indefinitely extended the limitation period for cases falling under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and Arbitrations and Conciliation Act, 1996, ...

The court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants against Kingfisher Airlines, its chairman Mallya and A Raghunathan, on the ground of dishonouring the two cheques. "Some regulatory and legislative ...

The amendments in the Act had implications for over 18 lakh cheque bounce cases pending in various courts. (PTI) The government is looking to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act (NIA) in a bid to ...