Personal appearance of the accused in cheque cases- exemption granted by Kerala High Court over ruled by Supreme Court. - full text

Bouncing of cheque cases are common in our country, especially in Kerala. Earlier in Jain Babu V. K J Joseph case, the Kerala High Court (Justice R Basanth) issued some directions to the lower courts (Magistrate Courts) to consider the petitions for exempting the personal appearance of the accused in cheque cases, in  a very liberal way and in effect, to allow all the petitions for exemption.
But the Supreme Court over ruled the above said Judgement in Crl Appeal  No. 1854/2008 by a Judgment pronounced recently... download the full text of the new Supreme Court Judgment from the above link.