Negotiable Instruments Act

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Description
Negotiable Instruments Act, consisting of 148 sections, is both technical and interesting in nature. The Act is about 150 years old. It has gained a lot of significance after the incorporation of the provisions relating to dishonour of cheques. This book gives the reader a simplified insight into the various technical and legal issues of Negotiable Instruments Act in an easily understandable form. New cases and simplified examples have made the concepts very clear and I am sure all the readers would find this edition quite useful in their study. 10
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Preliminary
Chapter 2: Negotiable Instrument Promissory Note, Bill of Exchange & Cheque
Chapter 3: Parties to Notes, Bills, and Cheques and Their Liabilities
Chapter 4: Holder in Due Course & Payment in Due Course
Chapter 5: Crossing of Cheques
Chapter 6: Components of Cheque, Filling and Types of Cheques
Chapter 7: Negotiation of Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 8: Of Payment and Interest
Chapter 9: Of Presentment
Chapter 10: Discharge from Liability on Notes, Bills, and Cheques
Chapter 11: Ways of Dishonour of Ni and Notice of Dishonour
Chapter 12: Of Noting And Protest
Chapter 13: Acceptance and Payment for Honour and Reference in Case of Need
Chapter 14: Dishonour of Cheque: An Offence
Chapter 15: Compensation
Chapter 16: Reasonable Time
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Author Details
Dr. Jyoti Rattan, Professor, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, is a topper in Law and a Gold Medalist in LL.M, Ph.D. in Law and M.Sc. in Chemistry. Dr. Rattan has written 15 books in areas including International Law, Cyber law, Taxation Laws, Right to Information (RTI), Corporate Law, Law of Contract, Women and Law; published research articles in reputed journals in India and abroad, including Sage Open, on inter-disciplinary Legal and Administrative issues; presented papers and won awards at various national and international conferences including the 91st Indian Science Congress, 2004; 26th International Congress of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Seoul, Korea,
2004; Third Regional International Conference; International Institute of Administrative Sciences (Belgium), Monterrey, Mexico, 2006; 27th International Congress of Administrative Sciences, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2007; 2011 International Conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011. Also, Dr. Rattan's papers have been selected for oral presentation at IASIA's Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand; 5th International Conference on Information Law, 2012 organised in Greece by the Ionian University and the International Society for Ethics and Technology (INSEIT), United States; 13th International Winelands Conference 2012; Research Congress Centre of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Mostertsdrift, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Istanbul 9th Academic Conference organised by the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey; the 2014 IASIA Annual Conference on Good Governance: the Position of Students, Scholars and Practitioners, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; 2014 International Congress of IIAS, Ifrane, Morocco; 2018 Congress of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Belgium, organized in Tunis, Tunisia, 2018; The 2017 European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference 30 August to 1 September, Milano, Italy, 2017 and gave presentation on Zoom at the 2020 European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Virtual Conference on "The COVID-19 crisis - Lessons for the Courts", September 2020. Gave Zoom presentation on "Equal Treatment: Law Relating to Right to be Forgotten (RTBF): An Examination of Some Judicial Decisions with Special Reference to the European Union and India" at the 2022 EGPA World Conference, Lisbon, 6-9 September 2022; organised G20 National Seminar in Jan 2023 in collaboration with RIS & MEAS, GOI and PU G20 Youth International Seminar in March 2023 in collaboration with MYAS, GOI, as Nodal Officer organised PU G20 Youth International Seminar in March 2023 in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India, and G20 National Seminar in Jan 2023 in collaboration with RIS and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India, for G20 Presidency of India.