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4 Jus Corpus L.J. [1] (2023-2024)

handle is hein.journals/juscrp4 and id is 1 raw text is: Jus Corpus Law Journal Open Access Law Journal - Copyright © 2023 - ISSN 2582-7820 Editor-in-Chief - Prof. (Dr.) Rhishikesh Dave; Publisher - Ayush Pandey This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Case Comment: KK Ahuja v VK Vohra - The Concept of Employee Liability in the Case of Dishonor of Cheque under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Shardul Sanglikara aMIT WPU School of Law, Pune, India Received 12 August 2023; Accepted 02 September 2023; Pubished 05 September 2023 INTRODUCTION Managing a company is an extremely difficult job to do. Many factors such as Accounts, HR, Sales, Marketing, Management, Production etc. must be taken care of. To ensure the smooth functioning of the company, various levels of Hierarchy are set in place, which yields maximum results. However, an important question always comes up, as to who oversees the day-to-day activities of a company. A similar question was raised in this case, as the Deputy General Manager of a company was also made liable for its wrongdoings. Section 141(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act 18811 states that if a company commits an offense under Section 1382, the individuals who were said to oversee the Company, along with the company itself, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offense. Section 141(2)3 mentions that 1 Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, s 141(1) 2 Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, s 138 3 Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, s 141(2) 1