New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav’s conviction in multiple cheque dishonour cases, while reducing the quantum of sentence and fine after taking into account the amount already paid by him to the complainant during the pendency of the proceedings. Pronouncing judgment in a batch of criminal miscellaneous petitions and criminal revision petitions arising out of proceedings under the Negotiable Instruments Act, a single-judge Bench of Justi…
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New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld actor Rajpal Yadav’s conviction in cheque bounce cases, dismissing his petitions challenging the trial court’s verdict The court also imposed a combined penalty of Rs 7.35 crore on the actor.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma termed Rajpal Yadav’s conduct “dubious”, observing that he was given multiple opportunities to repay the amount but repeatedly failed to honour his commitments.The High Court granted Rajpal Yadav two months to challe…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is slated to pronounce its verdict on Friday in a batch of petitions filed by Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav and others challenging their conviction and sentence in multiple cheque bounce cases. As per the causelist published on the website of the Delhi High Court, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma will pronounce the judgment on July 10 in a batch of criminal miscellaneous petitions and criminal revision petitions arising out of proc…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that office bearers of a society can face prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act) if there is prima facie material showing their active participation in financial transactions linked to a dishonoured cheque.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria partly allowed an appeal filed by M/s Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd. against a Madras High Court order which had quashed criminal proceedings against four office bear…
Guwahati, March 23 (IANS) The Assam government on Monday declared April 9, 2026 (Thursday), as a public holiday across the state in view of the upcoming Assam Assembly polls. According to an official notification issued by the General Administration Department, the holiday has been declared under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, to facilitate smooth conduct of polling. The decision has been taken in pursuance of instructions received from the Election Commission of India and t…
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Actor Rajpal Yadav, who has been convicted in a cheque bounce case by the Delhi High Court, has been given the last chance by the honourable court. The court on Wednesday asked the actor asked the actor if he had taken the loan to which he replied in positive. The court then told the actor that he was given several chances but he failed to comply. While presenting his side in court, Rajpal Yadav said that in 2016, the judge said that a sum of Rs 10 crore 40 lakh had to be…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday extended the interim suspension of sentence granted to Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav in connection with cheque bounce cases. Observing that the actor had already made substantial payments to the complainant company, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said it was not inclined to send him back to jail at this stage. “I am not sending him to jail. He has already made substantial payment. I will be hearing the main petit…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) In a series of major operations, the Delhi Police’s Dwarka district unit arrested two high-profile offenders, reflecting the department’s continued crackdown on proclaimed offenders and interstate illegal liquor suppliers.The first arrest was of Rizwan S/o Irfan, a 35-year-old resident of Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, who had been evading trial in a case registered under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.Rizwan was declared a proclaimed offender by the Dwarka …
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday granted an interim suspension of sentence to Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav in connection with multiple cheque bounce cases. Paving the way for his release from jail until March 18, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma passed the order after being informed that a sum of Rs 1.5 crore had been deposited in the complainant company’s bank account.Taking note of the payment made by the actor, the Delhi High Court suspended the sen…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav’s plea seeking extension of time to surrender before jail authorities in connection with multiple cheque bounce cases. Holding that there was no ground left to show any further leniency, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma observed that the order directing Yadav to surrender was passed only after he repeatedly failed to comply with assurances and undertakings given earlier to the Del…