Law Relating To The Negotiable Instruments Act

Law Relating to The Negotiable Instruments Act provides a comprehensive, practitioner-oriented treatment of negotiable instruments law with special emphasis on cheque dishonour and enforcement. The book begins with statutory history and concept (negotiability, endorsement, holder-in-due-course), then proceeds section-by-section with annotated commentary, leading case summaries and procedural notes. A dedicated part deals with Section 138 prosecutions: issuing legal notices, drafting complaints, investigation and framing of offences, defences commonly raised, plea bargaining trends, and sentencing. Parallel civil remedies — summary suits, restitution and recovery proceedings — are explained with model pleadings and strategy on avoiding double-barreled litigation mistakes. Practical tools include sample legal notices, checklist for bankers on pre-litigation compliance, model charge-sheets, specimen affidavits, evidence matrices, timeline templates and appellate points. The book also examines evolving jurisprudence—jurisdictional issues, limitation, cognizance, compounding, and interplay with insolvency and recovery laws—making it indispensable for advocates, in-house counsel, bank legal teams and law students who need immediate, courtroom-ready guidance on NI Act disputes.