{Balu manikantan} SUBRAMANYAM (Practising Advocate) 26 March 2016

Sec138 ni and and material alteration related

MY FRIEND HAS ISSUED ME A CHEQUE TO CLEAR THE HAND LOAN AKEN FROM ME BY PUTTING THE NAME , AMOUNT AND SIGNATURE LEAVING THE DATE BLANK. NOW HE HAS ORDERED ME TO PUT THE DATE AND ENCASH IT . SO IF I WRITE THE DATE AND ENCASH IT WILL IT AMOUNT TO MATERIAL ALTERATION AND CREATE ANY COMPLICATIONS IN FUTURE PLEASE ADVICE.

*** YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE HIGHLY APPRECIATED . ***

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H.JanakiManohar Rao (lawyer) 27 March 2016

The answer is in d question itself.The questuon of Alteration arises when something is already scribbled and u alter that scribbling it is known as alteraton.So ur putting date do not come under alteration.