HC directs JM to transfer cheque bounce case back to Fast

Madras High Court today directed the Judicial magistrate of Ramanathapuram to transfer a cheque bounce case back to Madurai Fast Track court where it was originally filed by the payee and petitioner S.Anwar Hussain.
Justice S.Vaidhyanathan of the court's Madurai Bench pointed out that the central government had issued a gazette recently which stipulated that all cases related to check bounce complaints should be transferred to courts where the payee had deposited the cheque for collection.
Earlier as per a Supreme Court order, the fast track court No.II(Judicial Magistrate level) had returned the complaint of the petitioner S.Anwar Hussain, on the ground that the bank was not situated within the jurisdiction of the court.It was posted before the jurisdictional court at Ramanathapuram from where the accused had given the cheque.

The petitioner sought a direction to transfer the case to Madurai.
The judge directed Ramanathapuram Judicial Mmagistrate to return the case to the Fast Track court.
The Fast Track court JM should take up the case at the earliest and complete the case.The transferee court should not adjourn the case beyond seven working days, the judge said.
The petitioner said he had given Rs three lakh as loan for educational expenses of P.Ayub Khan's son. Ayub khan staying in Ramanathapuram gave a Ramanathapuram Bank-based cheque, but it bounced when presented at a Madurai bank, the petitioner said.