The Supreme Court prima facie observed held that cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, cannot be initiated for liabilities stemming from an illegal or unenforceable debt. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Joymalya Bagchi heard an appeal arising from a Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) order that had acquitted the respondent-accused in...