The Allahabad High Court has observed that there can be no room for discrimination or high-handedness when investigating agencies instruct banks to freeze accounts during cyber fraud probes.
A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan is examining the procedures adopted by authorities in such cases. The court noted that banks often freeze accounts without providing much information to the holders.
The observation came during the hearing of a writ petition filed by a man named Tarkeswar Tiwari.
“Various writ petitions before us disclose that banks have frozen the accounts and when the customers approach them, they are only informed that the accounts have been frozen on the letter either by the police authorities or the cyber crime. However, the said letters till date have not been brought on record in spite of the specific instructions on the previous dates,” the court said.
The court has directed the Union government to address these concerns, noting th
​The Allahabad High Court has observed that there can be no room for discrimination or high-handedness when investigating agencies instruct banks to freeze accounts during cyber fraud probes.
A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan is examining the procedures adopted by authorities in such cases. The court noted that banks often freeze accounts without providing much information to the holders.
The observation came during the hearing of a writ petition filed by a man named Tarkeswar Tiwari.
“Various writ petitions before us disclose that banks have frozen the accounts and when the customers approach them, they are only informed that the accounts have been frozen on the letter either by the police authorities or the cyber crime. However, the said letters till date have not been brought on record in spite of the specific instructions on the previous dates,” the court said.
The court has directed the Union government to address these concerns, noting th by Soban News (international And National News)
