Janagaran vs Murugan — 102/2026

The Judicial Magistrate Court of Oddanchatram allowed Shriram Finance Ltd.'s petition to condone a 94-day delay in filing a cheque bounce complaint under the Negotiable Instrument Act. The court accepted the petitioner's explanation that the delay resulted from original documents being misplaced with arbitration bundles and was not willful. Adopting a liberal, justice-oriented approach, the court held that technical limitations should not prevent examination of case merits, particularly where the delay was non-deliberate and condonation serves justice. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.