Pradeep Kumar Siddha Vs Union Of India
Date: July 18, 2022
Subject Matter
Authorities cannot abuse power to take away amount from anybody’s account without account holder’s permission
Summary
We fail to understand, prima facie, as to how the authorities get this power to take away amount from anybody’s account without account holder’s permission or even after taking away the money, they would not even consider it necessa…
1. On 02.05.2022, in an earlier petition that was filed by petitioner being writ petition No. 8915 of 2021, the court directed respondents to unfreeze the account maintained by petitioner with Axis Bank. Petitioner states that notwithstanding the order, Axis Bank did not unfreeze the account. Axis Bank complied with the order after petitioner, vide its advocate’s email dated 13.05.2022, thre…