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A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to consider amending the law dealing with cheque bounce disputes to allow the clubbing of cases against a person into a single trial to be decided within 12 months.
The court said there was a “humongous pendency” of complaints under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
A preliminary report submitted by the amici curiae appointed by the court Siddharth Luthra and K. Parameshar in October last year said that there were 35.16 lakh cases pending in various courts under section 138 of the NI Act out of 2.31 crore criminal cases in the country.
India News: NEW DELHI: Alarmed by the inundation of trial courts with more than 31 lakh cheque bouncing cases, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the magistrate co.
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Virtual hearing of cases in courts in J&K, Ladakh extended till April 30
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court extended by the end of this month its order regarding virtual hearing of cases amid surge in covid-19 upsurge.
“After taking note of the rising trend of Covid-19 Infection cases and the prevailing situation due to the spread of such infection, the High Court order No. 189 of 2021/RG dated 05.04.2021, is extended up to 30th April 2021,” reads an order by Registrar General, Jawad Ahmad.
The April 5 order was issued by Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and by virtue of it, the hearing of cases in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir as well as in the District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals shall be conducted through “virtual mode” only.