In a recent case, the Supreme Court observed that even in cases of joint liability, the person other than the person who has drawn the cheque in an account maintained by him couldn’t be prosecuted for the offence u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act. Background: In the instant case, a lawyer was the original
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