To cut down the number of cheque-dishonour cases, the Finance Ministry is looking at an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, such as a Lok Adalat. The idea is to consider prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act only if the alternative mechanism too fails. Section 138 deals with penalties in case of dishonour of cheques due to insufficient funds in the bank account of the drawer......
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