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HC issues notices on freezing of snack vendor's bank a/c
Jaipur: A single judge bench of
Rajasthan High Court
Monday issued notices to Bank of Maharashtra, additional commissioner of police, Telangana Police, advocate general, and others while hearing a petition seeking de-freezing of a Jaipur-based snack vendor's bank account.
The account was frozen following instructions of Telangana police over a
cyber fraud
case.
Justice Anoop Dhand issued notices on the petition filed by Padam Kumar Jain, a snacks vendor at Triveni Circle in Jaipur. The petitioner stated that on July 16, he was informed by the authorities of the Bank of Maharashtra that his account was frozen since it had a suspicious transaction of about Rs 4,600 from Telangana.
"We approached the High Court as previously in a similar case the court held that without notice, banks cannot freeze accounts and only the transaction in doubt can be frozen, not the whole account," said Akshat Sharma, counsel for the petitioner.
After hearing arguments, the HC said that the matter required consideration. "Notices to be served to the respondents. A copy of the petition and order to be given to the offices of the advocate general, additional advocate general Bhuwnesh Sharma, and Advocate Himanshu Tholia. Also, a general notice to be issued to the members of the Bar to address the issues involved," said the court.
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