Negotiable Instrument Act

When a criminal case filed U/S 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, referred to by Magistrate Court to Lok Adalat is settled by the parties and an award is drawn, can it be considered as a Decree and executable? Yes.
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When a criminal case filed U/S 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, referred to by Magistrate Court to Lok Adalat is settled by the parties and an award is drawn, can it be considered as a Decree and executable? Yes.

(SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) in K.N. Govindan Kutty Menon Versus C.D. Shaji [(2011) 13 SCALE 232] Section 21 of the Act, which we have extracted above, contemplates a deeming provision, hence, it is a legal fiction that the “award” of the Lok...
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To send a reminder notice to the drawer of the cheque and such notice cannot be construed as an admission of nonservice of the first notice
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To send a reminder notice to the drawer of the cheque and such notice cannot be construed as an admission of nonservice of the first notice

In the case of N. Parameswaran Unni v. G. Kannan and Another [Criminal Appeal No.455 of 2006], it was held that generally there is no bar under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 “to send a reminder notice to the drawer of the...
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