Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Section 138 NI Act | Unauthorised company secretary’s testimony invalid; POA complaint void if representative absent : CGHC
Chhattisgarh HC ruled that an unauthorised company secretary cannot testify in a Section 138 case and a complaint filed via power of attorney is void if the authorised representative fails to appear. The judgment stresses that firms must secure proper corporate authorisation before filing cheque-bounce suits, affecting companies and their legal officers.