{"id":58660,"date":"1998-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-07-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/maruti-udyog-ltd-vs-narender-and-ors-on-24-july-1998"},"modified":"2015-11-10T03:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:56:51","slug":"maruti-udyog-ltd-vs-narender-and-ors-on-24-july-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/maruti-udyog-ltd-vs-narender-and-ors-on-24-july-1998","title":{"rendered":"Maruti Udyog Ltd. vs Narender And Ors. on 24 July, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Maruti Udyog Ltd. vs Narender And Ors. on 24 July, 1998<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: JT 1998 (9) SC 411, (1999) 1 SCC 113<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M Mukherjee<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Mukharji, S Quadri<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>M.K. Mukherjee, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. Leave granted in all the petitions.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. In view of the express provision of Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, a presumption must be drawn that the holder of the cheque received the cheque, of the nature referred to in Section 138, for the discharge of any debit or other liability unless the contrary is proved. Therefore, the High Court was not justified in entertaining and accepting the plea of the accused-respondent at the initial stage of the proceedings and quashing the complaints filed by the appellant. We, therefore, allow these appeals, set aside the impugned orders of the High Court and direct the trial court to proceed with the complaints in accordance with law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Maruti Udyog Ltd. vs Narender And Ors. on 24 July, 1998 Equivalent citations: JT 1998 (9) SC 411, (1999) 1 SCC 113 Author: M Mukherjee Bench: M Mukharji, S Quadri ORDER M.K. Mukherjee, J. 1. 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