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In which of the following judgments has the Supreme Court held that only those courts within whose…

In "Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra and Another, (2014)" the Supreme Court held that only the court within whose territorial limits the drawee bank is…

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In which of the following judgments has the Supreme Court held that only those courts within whose territorial limits the drawee bank is situated, would have jurisdiction to try the cases for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881?

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In "Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra and Another, (2014)" the Supreme Court held that only the court within whose territorial limits the drawee bank is situated has jurisdiction to try a s.138 offence, a position later altered by the 2015 amendment.

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