- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Decided
- 24 February 2021
- Bench
- N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose
- Case no.
- Criminal Appeal No. 123 of 2021
- Result
- M.A. disposed of.
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: Addition/deletion of words – By judgment dated 10.02.2021, direction by this Court to the Registry to transfer the amount of Rs.11,20,000/- along with interest accrued thereupon to the complainant-respondent within the stipulated period – However, said amount of Rs.11,20,000/- was lying in a non-interest earning account with the designated Bank – In view thereof, the words “along with interest accrued thereupon” are deleted – Issuance of direction to the Registry to transfer the said amount to the respondent within the stipulated period.
Headnote as published in the Digital Supreme Court Reports by the Supreme Court of India. Paragraph references point to the judgment below.
Judgment
ORDER
The Court is convened through Video Conferencing.
Perused the Office Report for directions dated 23.02.2021. Vide Judgment dated 10.02.2021, this Court directed the Registry to transfer the amount of Rs.11,20,000/- (Rupees eleven lakh twenty thousand) along with interest accrued thereupon to the respondent within two weeks.
It is stated in the Office Report dated 23.02.2021 that the amount of Rs.11,20,000/- (Rupees eleven lakh twenty thousand) is lying in a non-interest earning account with the UCO Bank, Supreme Court Compound, New Delhi.
In view of the above, we delete the words “………along with interest accrued thereupon…….” from paragraph 22 of the judgment dated 10.02.2021 passed in Criminal Appeal No.123 of 2021 @ SLP(Crl.)No.1876/2018 and direct the Registry to transfer the amount of Rs.11,20,000/- (Rupees eleven lakh twenty thousand) to the respondent within two weeks from today.
MA stands disposed of accordingly.
Case details
Arising from
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : M.A. No.364 of
2021 in Criminal Appeal No.123 of 2021.
From the Judgment and Order dated 09.11.2017 of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Crl.A.No. 447 of 2002.
The following order of the Court was passed:
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