Dear Experts,
What will be the jurisdiction of the court to file a case under 138 NI act .
For an Instance,
1.The accused is a permanent residence of Mangalore,Holds an account with CITI bank at Mangalore.
2.CITI Bank account of the accused from which cheque is drawn is in Mangalore, but it is a multi city cheque and the cheque is payable at any branch of the CITI bank in India.
3.How ever the Multi city cheque bears Mangalore Branch address.
4.The complaint is based in Hubli, he presented the cheque in his bank account at Hubli.His bank has send it to CITI bank branch at Hubli.The cheque was dishonoured at CITI bank branch of Hubli .
Now in which city court the complaint has to file the case under 138 NI act.
Regards
Ramesh
