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IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
MANISH CHOUDHURY
Fokhoruddin Ali Ahmed S/o Late Intazuddin Ahmed – Appellant
Versus
Kurban Ali S/o Maydan Ali – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the cheque dishonour complaints. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. territorial jurisdiction under negotiable instruments act. (Para 6 , 12) |
| 3. grounds for transfer petitions based on inconvenience. (Para 7 , 10 , 14) |
| 4. assessment of transfer power and judicial convenience. (Para 8 , 13 , 16) |
| 5. opportunities for exemption and electronic proceedings. (Para 17 , 18) |
JUDGMENT :
MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.
1. Heard Mr. S.S.A. Rahman, learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. As both the transfer petitions, Transfer Petition [Criminal] No. 1/2026 & Transfer Petition [Criminal] no. 2/2026, are preferred on similar grounds by the same petitioner, though the respondents arraigned are different, both the criminal petitions are taken up for consideration at the motion stage itself having regard to the grounds urged for transfer of the two complaint cases, N.I.C.R. Case no. 8/2025 & N.I.C.R. Case no. 3/2025, presently pending before the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate [CJM], Chirang [‘the Trial Court’ for short].
3. One Md. Kurban Ali as the complainant has instituted the complaint case, N.I.C.R. Case no. 8/2025 against the petitioner as the sole accused under Section 138 of the Nego
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