In Brief
A bank or creditor issued a cheque that was dishonoured. Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a complaint must be filed within a strict time limit. Here, the original complaint was delayed, but the trial court condoned the delay after the appellant showed sufficient reasons. The lower court had wrongly quashed the proceedings. The Supreme Court held that successive notices are lawful under the NI Act and that when sufficient cause for delay is demonstrated and condoned by the court, the complaint cannot be quashed merely for that reason. The appeal was allowed.
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