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Cheque-bounce cases need to be settled fast × Allowing courts to make summary convictions and discouraging the use of cheques can help reduce the huge pile-up of cases The Supreme Court recently came out with a slew of directions to ensure speedy disposal of cheque-bounce cases. The court referred to a recent study that revealed more than 35 lakh cheque-bounce cases are pending, constituting more than 15 per cent of the total criminal cases pending in district courts. The issue of prolonged litigation with respect to dishonoured cheques came to the court’s notice when it was hearing a ca...

Let’s repeal the law which criminalizes the issuance of cheques that bounce. On principle. As e-transfers outmode old instruments, we must envision new rules that’ll serve us better

Supreme Court issues directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have choked the justice delivery system.   |  17 April 2021 2:33 AM GMT NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have choked the justice delivery system. The top court also recommended the Centre to amend the law to allow one trial in multiple cheques, if transactions involved are the same. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde an...

Source: PTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a former Bombay High Court judge to consider the suggestions and submit a report in three months specifying the steps to be taken for early disposal of cheque bounce cases across the country. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Centre has in principle accepted the need for creating additional courts to deal with such cases, after the modalities are worked out on the issue. The top court had last week termed the pendency o...

The top court had last week termed the pendency of over 35 lakhs cheque bounce cases as “grotesque” and suggested to the Centre to come up with a law to create additional courts for a particular period of time to deal with such cases.