Presumption Of Service Of Notice U/ S 27 Of General Clauses Act Applicable On Service Of Demand Notice U/S 138 Of NI Act: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that once a demand notice, issued under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in case of dishonour of cheque is dispatched by post to the correct address, the part of the payee is over and the notice is deemed served on the defaulter as per the presumption under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, unless proved to the contrary. A Bench of Justice SG Chattopadhyay relied on the High Court’s decision in Keshab Banik vs. Shekhar Banik, (2013) 1 TLR 528, where it was held that where the sender has dispatched the notice by post with the correct address written on it, then it can be deemed to have been served on the sendee unless he proves that it was not really served and that he was not responsible for such non-service.