Cheque has been defined in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 section 6. A cheque is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified bank and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand.
A demand draft has been defined by Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 in section 85. A demand draft is an order to pay money drawn by one office of a bank upon another office of the same bank bank for a sum of money payable to order on demand.
Following are some more differences:
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A cheque can be made payable to bearer but a Demand Draft cannot.
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A demand draft can be cleared in a specified branch of the issuer bank
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A cheque can get dishonored but Demand draft is always honored.
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An issuer party of the cheque is liable to the cheque and not backed by a Bank Guarantee, A demand draft is backed by a bank guarantee
Is dd should taken from the same bank?
is there is any time period for sanctioning this dd?