SARFRAZ AHMED vs UCO BANK & ORS.

Judgment text excerpt

$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 24th February, 2025 + W.P.(C) 16096/2023 SARFRAZ AHMED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Satvik Varma, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arindam Bhardwaj, Mr. Shantanu Parmar, Mr. Balram and Mr. Navjot Kumar, Advocates. versus UCO BANK & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sarfaraz Khan, Advocate (through V.C.) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CM APPL. 11117/2025 (early hearing) 1. Petitioner seeks early hearing of the matter. 2. Learned counsel for respondents appears on advance notice and with the consent of both the sides, the date is preponed and the matter is taken up for final hearing today itself. 3. The application stands disposed of. 4. The next date stands cancelled. W.P.(C) 16096/2023 5. Petitioner Sh. Sarfraz Ahmed is son of Sh. Jalil Ahmed (since deceased). 6. After the unfortunate demise of his father, petitioner had filed a petition under Section 372 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate. The State, various Banks and other legal Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 16096/2023 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:27.02.2025 09:45:17 representatives were made party to the aforesaid succession petition and after trial, the above said petition was allowed in favour of the petitioner vide judgment dated 06.03.2023. 7. The issue in the present writ petition merely relates to two FDRs, held by the father of the petitioner, which had been issued by UCO Bank, Nizamuddin (West) Branch, New Delhi. 8. During the course of trial, the concerned official from UCO Bank had appeared before learned Succession Court and made reference to the relevants details of such bank account as well as the abovesaid two FDRs. Para 8 of such judgment reads as under:- “8. Dur