SUBHAMDEEP PANNU vs RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-8817-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 112 CWP-8817-2026 Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 Subhamdeep Pannu …Petitioner Versus Reserve Bank of India and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Goel, Advocate (through video conferencing) and Mr. Rajat Thareja, Advocate for respondent Nos.3 and 4 *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondent Nos.3 and 4 to de-freeze his salary account maintained with Punjab National Bank- respondent No.4. 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 of ₹85,000/- which have been credited in his account. There is no order of Magistrate under Section 107 of Bharatiya Nagar