Supreme Court of India
Oriental Bank of Commerce v. Prabodh Kumar Tewari
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.
From the headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 – ss. 138, 139 – Engagement of hand-writing expert to determine the details filled in the cheque – The respondent admits that he signed a blank cheque and handed over to the appellant – The High Court permitted the respondent to engage a hand-writing expert to determine whether the details that were filled in the cheque were in the handwriting of the respondent – Held: drawer who signs a cheque and hands it over to the payee, is presumed to be liable unless the drawer adduces evidence to rebut the presumption that the cheque has been issued towards payment of a…
Authorities it was built on
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 referred to
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.