{"id":382564,"date":"2026-04-28T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=382564"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:46:15","slug":"sc-dismisses-plea-against-directors-s138-ni-act-liability-during-liquidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/28\/sc-dismisses-plea-against-directors-s138-ni-act-liability-during-liquidation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheque dishonour| Director&#8217;s S. 138 NI Act liability subsists despite liquidation of the company: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Supreme Court:<\/span> In a special leave petition assailing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/07\/ibc-does-not-bar-s-138-ni-act-action-against-directors-bom-hc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bombay High Court order<\/a> wherein Petitioner 1 was held liable under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544366\" target=\"_blank\">138<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726957\" target=\"_blank\">Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881<\/a> (NI Act), even though the company was under liquidation, <span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">the Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ.<\/span>, refused to interfere with the High Court order and dismissed the SLP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/17\/ori-hc-insolvency-no-defence-for-directors-in-cheque-dishonour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Insolvency proceedings no shield for Directors in cheque dishonour cases under S. 138 NI Act: Orissa HC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioners-accused had taken a loan from Respondent 1\/complainant and allegedly repaid the amount through a post-dated cheque signed by Petitioner 1 in his capacity as Director and authorised signatory of Respondent 2-Company. The cheque was dishonoured, following which Respondent 1 filed a complaint under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544366\" target=\"_blank\">138<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726957\" target=\"_blank\">NI Act<\/a>. Subsequently, an order of liquidation was passed against Respondent 2-Company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/11\/section-138-ni-act-cheque-bounce-criminal-offence-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Section 138 NI Act Explained: When Does a Cheque Bounce Become a Criminal Offence?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioners filed an application for discharge, which was allowed by the trial court on the ground that, post liquidation, they had ceased to be Directors and could not be held liable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Aggrieved, Respondent 1 approached the Bombay High Court, which allowed the writ petition and held that liability under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544366\" target=\"_blank\">138<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726957\" target=\"_blank\">NI Act<\/a> subsists notwithstanding initiation of proceedings under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002802178\" target=\"_blank\">Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016<\/a>. The order of discharge was accordingly set aside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners preferred the present special leave petition. The Court found no reason to interfere with the impugned order and dismissed the special leave petition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/28\/s-138-ni-act-sc-on-jurisdiction-to-try-complaints-for-account-payee-cheque\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court clears the air on which Court has the jurisdiction to try complaint under S. 138 NI Act in respect of account payee cheque<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Abhaykumar Anandkumar Bhambore<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ortho Relief Hospital and Research Centre<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/qMtgEy8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 736<\/a>, ordered on 16-4-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the petitioner:<\/span> AOR Nitin Bhardwaj<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the respondent:<\/span> AOR Vatsalya Vigya with Saahiil Dewani, Shakul R. Ghatole, Shyam Dewani, Sachet Makhija, and Dashang Doshi, Advocates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Court denied the discharge of the company director in a cheque dishonour case wherein the said company was undergoing liquidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":382568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[2569,67638,63958,103167,30361,44583,60540,37644,30606,103168,5363],"class_list":["post-382564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-Bombay_High_Court","tag-cheque-dishonour-case","tag-company-director","tag-company-liquidation","tag-ibc","tag-insolvency-and-bankruptcy","tag-justice-b-v-nagarathna","tag-justice-ujjal-bhuyan","tag-ni-act","tag-s-138-ni-act-liability-during-liquidation","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SC dismisses plea against Director&#039;s S. 138 NI Act liability during liquidation | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court order holdingthat directors&#039; 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