Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Section 138 NI Act | Civil Courts Barred from Reviewing Criminal Convictions: Chhattisgarh HC Reinforces CrPC Exclusivity
Chhattisgarh High Court rules that civil courts lack jurisdiction to set aside convictions under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, emphasizing that the Code of Criminal Procedure provides the sole remedy. The judgment underscores that statutory criminal procedures implicitly exclude civil court interference, impacting litigants seeking parallel civil relief for bounced cheque cases.