Prez promulgates ordinance on cheque bounce cases

June 17, 2015 15:11

An ordinance that will allow filing of cheque bounce case at the place where the cheque was presented for clearance has been promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee.

The President has promulgated the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, on Monday that will help lakhs of persons battling cheque bounce cases far away from their places, official sources said.

It is the 14th ordinance by the Modi government in a little over a year time.

The ordinance will enable filing of cheque bounce cases in the place where the cheque was presented for clearance or payment and not the place of issue.

There are an estimated 18 lakh people facing cheque bounce cases across the country.

The Union Cabinet had on June 10 approved the ordinance.

The land ordinance, which was issued for the third time last month, was the 13th executive order of the NDA government since it came to power in May last year.

The ordinance was necessitated as a bill to help the litigants in the cheque bounce case was passed by Lok Sabha in earlier this year but it could not go through Rajya Sabha.

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