New Delhi, Sep 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all the states and union territories to file status reports on the steps taken to augment the disposal of cheque bounce cases.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing a suo motu matter concerning expeditious trial of cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act, 1881.Section 138 of the Act deals with dishonour of cheque for insufficiency, etc of funds in the account.Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, assisting the court as an amicus curiae, referred to the apex court’s May 2022 order which, as a pilot study, directed the constitution of 25 special courts with retired judicial officers in five states for expeditious disposal of these cases.We have to see whether the pilot project

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