ISHAAN vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

CWP-9562-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120 CWP-9562-2026 Date of Decision: 07.05.2026 Ishaan …Petitioner Versus Union of India and another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Hritik Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India (through video conferencing) with Ms. Neha Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India-respondent No.1 Mr. Rajat Thareja, Advocate for respondent No.2 *** 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.2 to de-freeze his bank account maintained with Punjab National Bank. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent-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 unknown persons. There are entries to the tune of ₹1,01,886/- which have been credited in his account by unscrupulous ones. There is n