ARUNDEEP KALYAN vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-15536-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 128 CWP-15536-2026 Date of Decision: 25.05.2026 Arundeep Kalyan …Petitioner Versus Union of India and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Prince Goyal, Advocate and Ms. Chhavi Budhiraja, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India (through video conferencing) with Mr. Arvind Seth, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India-respondent No.1 Mr. Deepak Vashisth, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate for respondent Nos.5 & 6 *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondent No.6 to de-freeze his bank account maintained with HDFC Bank. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.6-bank has frozen petitioner’s account without notice. As per petitioner’s information, the bank has acted upon directions of Law Enforcement Agencies. He is not involved in any criminal activity. He is not named in any FIR relating to financial fraud, if any, committed by unknow