(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) Since the issues raised in all the captioned appeals are the same, those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.
(3.) This appeal arises from the judgment and order dtd. 18/10/2023 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras, dismissing the Criminal OP SR No. 40230 of 2023 and Criminal MP No. 13854 of 2023 respectively filed by the appellant herein seeking to get the complaint quashed, which was filed by the respondent here in under Sec. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the "NI Act"), essentially on the ground that the appellant was undergoing personal insolvency proceedings and that the complaint proceedings under Sec. 138 of the NI Act were stayed during the interim moratorium period under Sec. 96 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (the "IBC").