ORDER :

Subramonium Prasad, J.

PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a writ of Declaration, declaring Section 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Amendment Act, 2015, as ultra vires Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

The instant challenge is to the amendment to Article 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, primarily on the ground that the amendment goes completely contrary to the judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra reported in AIR 2014 SC 3519.

2. The contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioner is that this amendment amounts to setting at naught a judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court which is not permissible in law. The contention of the petitioner cannot be accepted. It is well settled right from the decision in Shri Prithvi Cotton Mills Ltd., etc. v. Broach Borough Municipality and others reported in AIR 1970 SC 192 that Legislation can take away the basis of a judgment.

3. The Honourable Supreme Court in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod (supra) summed up the law relating to the place of suing as under:

“56. To sum up:

(i) An offence under Section 138 of the Negotia