Summary: Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, penalizes cheque issuers who fail to honor payments for debts or liabilities due to insufficient funds, imposing imprisonment up to two ...

A sessions court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable warrant against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma after rejecting his plea for suspension of jail sentence in a cheque bounce case. IMAGE: Ram Gopal Varma.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court recently ruled that in criminal proceedings in cheque bounce cases under ... the ...