Discuss the judgement of Supreme Court in M/s Meters and instruments Pvt. Ltd V/s Kanchan Mehta AIR 2017 SC 4594 ?

Ans: The honourable Supreme Court held that if any person files the case of section 138 of negotiable Instrument act, 1881, he would have to give the bank details and email id of an accused.

Whenever the court direct summon, it will also be mentioned in summon what the amount of cheque is.

The account detail of complainant will also be annexed with summon.

If the accused gets agreed to deposit the amount of cheque and fine in court, the court can terminate the proceeding at the same stage. The honourable Supreme Court also held that the procedure of section 138 is summary procedure, the statement of witnesses should be taken on affidavit and the slip or dishonoured cheque will be considered as sufficient evidence.

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