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Issue of Rs. 500 banknotes inset letter ‘E’ in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series

Reserve Bank of India 

Press Releases 

Date : Nov 08, 2016

Issue of Rs. 500 banknotes inset letter ‘E’ in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs. 500 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series with inset letter ‘E’ in both the number panels, bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel Governor, Reserve Bank of India, the year of printing ‘2016’ and Swachh Bharat Logo printed on the reverse of the Banknote.

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The new Rs. 500 banknotes are different from the earlier specified bank note (SBN) series in colour, size, theme, location of security features and design elements; the principal features are –

  • The size is 66mm x150mm
  • The colour is stone grey
  • Red Fort-an image of Indian heritage site with Indian flag on the reverse

The banknote also has features (intaglio printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines, circle with Rs. 500 in the right, and the identification mark) which enable the visually impaired person to identify the denomination.

Alpana Killawala

Principal Adviser 

Press Release : 2016-2017/1146

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Cheque bounce cases can now be filed where it is presented

Parliament has passed a law allowing cheque bounce cases to be filed at the place where the cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue, a change that is expected to go a long way in improving legal recourse in such cases.

The Rajya Sabha passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill  without any debate. The Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha moved the bill for passage that had been passed by the Lok Sabha earlier.

The amendments to the Negotiable Instruments Act will impact over 18 lakh cheque bounce cases pending in various courts, Sinha said while moving the bill.

The amendments overturn a Supreme Court ruling which said the cases have to be initiated where the cheque-issuing branch was located.

The court had reasoned that the territorial jurisdiction for dishonour of cheques is restricted to the court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed, where the cheque is dishonoured by the bank on which it is drawn.

Subsequently, stakeholders made representations to the government, pointing out the wide impact this judgment would have on the business interests offering undue protection to defaulters at the expense of the aggrieved complainant.

The government decided to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. As per the amendment cases involving bounced cheques can be filed only in a court in whose jurisdiction the bank branch of the payee, the person who receives the cheque, lies.

“The offence under section 138 shall be inquired into and tried only by a court within whose local jurisdiction the bank branch of the payee, where the payee presents the cheque for payment, is situated,” the new provision says.

Under this rule, the aggrieved person can file a cheque bounce case in his area and the defendant will have to travel to defend himself, enhancing the strength of the legal recourse.

The amended law also provides that if a complaint against a person issuing a cheque has been filed in the court with the appropriate jurisdiction, then all subsequent complaints against that person will be filed in the same court, irrespective of the relevant jurisdiction area.

Source: The Economic Times

5 reasons why cheques are turned down

From poor balance to mismatching signatures, here’s what you need to look out for in dishonoured cheques.

1) Insufficient funds: The cheque amount is more than the free balance available in the drawer’s bank account.

2) Irregular signature: The signature of the drawer on the cheque does not match the specimen signature available with the bank.

3) Stale and post-dated cheques: A cheque presented 3 months from the date written on it or presented before the date written.

4) Alterations: No alternation is permitted in the payee name, amount in words or in figures. The drawer signs near it to verify any other alteration.

5) Frozen account: If a court or government orders that a customer’s account has to be frozen, the bank will dishonor any cheque presented on behalf of that customer.

Source: The Economic Times