Bombay High Court Allows Civil Revision Against Rejection of Plaint in Malicious Prosecution Suit — Acquittal in Section 138 NI Act Proceedings Does Not Automatically Furnish Cause of Action for Malicious Prosecution. The court held that the mere fact of acquittal in proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, does not, by itself, give rise to a cause of action for a suit for malicious prosecution, and the plaint is liable to be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
2 Jul 2026The applicant, Mr. Abhijeet B. Chavan, filed a Civil Revision Application before the Bombay High Court, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, challenging an orde...





