Harman Electronics (P) Ltd. & Anr vs M/S. National Panasonic India Ltd on 12 December, 2008
Equivalent citations: AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT ... arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 1712 of 2004]
M/S. HARMAN ELECTRONICS (P) LTD.
& ANR. ... APPELLANTS
VERSUS
M/S. NATIONAL PANASONIC INDIA
appellant has also
relied on a decision of this Court in Harman Electronics Private
Limited and Another vs. National Panasonic India Private Limited ... Harman Electronics (supra), the complainant and
the accused entered into a business transaction. The accused was a
resident of Chandigarh. He carried on the business
appellant has also relied
on a decision of this Court in Harman Electronics Private Limited and
Another vs. National Panasonic India Private Limited ... Harman Electronics (supra), the complainant and the accused entered into a
business transaction. The accused was a resident of Chandigarh. He carried
on the business
Bhaskaran .................... 7
b. Analysis of the observations of this Court in Harman
Electronics .......................................................................................... 13
c. Analysis of the observations of this Court in Dashrath Rupsingh ... present appeals. There is also
a discussion of Harman [Harman Electronics (P)
Ltd. v. National Panasonic India
significant because in a
subsequent judgment of a Coordinate Bench, namely, Harman Electronics Pvt.
Ltd. v. National Panasonic India ... holistic reading has to be read as ‘complainant’.
It appears that Harman transacted business out of Chandigarh only, where
the Complainant also maintained an office
support was
placed upon the decision of this Court in Harman Electronics Private
Limited and Anr. v. National Panasonic India Private Limited ... Magistrate to entertain the complaints. The Revisional
Court relying upon Harman Electronics Private Limited and Anr. v. National
Panasonic India Private Limited
respondent, however, relied
on the decision of this Court in Harman Electronics Private
Limited and Another v. National Panasonic India Private
Limite ... jurisdiction. We have
perused the aforesaid decision of this Court in Harman
Electronics Private Limited (Supra) and we find on a reading
of paragraphs
penal in nature, indisputably, warrants strict construction.
6
In M/s. Harman Electronics (P) Ltd. & Anr. v. M/s. National
Panasonic India
Bhaskaran v. Sankaran Vaidhyan Balan ( 1999) 7 SCC
510 and Harman Electronics Private Limited v. National Panasonic India
Private Limited (2009) 1 SCC 720 have
Negotiable Instruments
Act. We say so because in Harman Electronics (P) Ltd. v. National
Panasonic India (P) Ltd. (2009) 1 SCC 720 this Court examined
