Thursday, November 13, 2014

Directors can be held liable for Dishonour of Cheques

The Supreme Court has said that all directors involved in the day-to-day running of a company can be made liable for a bounced cheque, but not one who resigned before the cheque was issued. The Supreme Court said that a case can only be quashed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code by a High Court if a director is wrongly arraigned. In cheque-bouncing cases, the court said managing directors in charge of company affairs, directors or officers who sign cheques can be arraigned as accused. Any other director can also be made liable if the person was in charge of and was responsible for the conduct of business. Other officers of a company can be made liable in such a case if a specific role by way of consent, connivance or negligence is alleged against them.

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