138 NI Act- Subsequent Filling Of An Unfilled Signed Cheque Is Not An Alteration: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

7 Feb 2019 4:46 PM IST

"Even a blank cheque leaf, voluntarily signed and handed over by the accused, which is towards some payment, would attract presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, in the absence of any cogent evidence to show that the cheque was not issued in discharge of a debt."

The Supreme Court has held that subsequent filling in of an unfilled signed cheque is not an alteration and even a blank cheque leaf, voluntarily signed and handed over by the accused, which is towards some payment, would attract presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, in the absence of any cogent evidence to show that the cheque was not issued in discharge of...

138 NI Act- Subsequent Filling Of An Unfilled Signed Cheque Is Not An Alteration: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"Even a blank cheque leaf, voluntarily signed and handed over by the accused, which is towards some payment, would attract presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, in the absence of any cogent evidence to show that the cheque was not issued in discharge of a debt."

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