amend criminal complaint, but amendment can be
allowed if the amendment is sought before taking cognizance of
complaint by the Magistrate.
7. Learned counsel ... amount
of ₹43 lacs to the accused through different modes.
23. Thus, amendment sought is purely clerical/typographical, not
going to the root
summary trial as preferred mode of trial in the
matters related to negotiable instruments was inserted by the
Amendment Act, 2002 only
summary trial as preferred
mode of trial in the matters related to negotiable
instruments was inserted by the Amendment Act,
2002 only
summary trial as
preferred mode of trial in the matters related to negotiable
instruments was inserted by the Amendment Act, 2002 only
summary trial as preferred mode of trial in the
matters related to negotiable instruments was inserted by
the Amendment Act, 2002 only
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some other mode, so, notice was issued
within the period of 15 days, as was provided at that time, before the
amendment
from the Statement of Objects and
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Reasons attached to the 2002 amendment which is self-
explanatory:-
"Prefatory Note - Statement of Objects and
Reasons ... amended by the Banking, Public Financial
Institutions and Negotiable Instruments Laws
(Amendment) Act, 1988 wherein a new Chapter XVII
was incorporated for penalties in case
amendments in the Act by the Negotiable
Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 . The
2002 amendment inserted in the Act for the first time ... power to try cases
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summarily; section 144 provided for the mode of service of summons;
section 145 made it possible for the complainant to give
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
32. Mediation as a mode of alternate dispute settlement thus finds
statutory recognition in Section 89 of the Code ... effected to the
Code of Civil Procedure by the Amendment Act 46 of 1999 and
Amendment Act 22 of 2002. Amongst these
