M/S UP GARMENTS v. THE JOINT DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE AND ANR.

Delhi High Court · 01 Oct 2021 · 2021:DHC:3161-DB
D.N. Patel; Jyoti Singh
W.P.(C) 2351/2020
2021:DHC:3161-DB
administrative petition_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court disposed of a writ petition challenging a bank account freeze as withdrawn after the bank revoked the freeze order.

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W.P.(C) 2351/2020
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 1st October, 2021
W.P.(C) 2351/2020
M/S UP GARMENTS ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. A.K. Seth, Mr. Chinmaya Seth and Mr. Ekansh Mishra, Advocates.
VERSUS
THE JOINT DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE AND ANR. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Satish Aggarwala, Senior SPP along with Mr. Gagan Vaswani and
Mr. Jasneet Jolly, Advocates for DRI/R-1.
Mr. Lovleen Goyal, Advocate for Respondent No. 2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH
JUDGMENT
D.N. PATEL, CHIEF JUSTICE (ORAL)
Proceedings have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. Present petition has been filed by the Petitioner seeking setting aside of the order dated 26.09.2017, whereby Respondents No. 1 and 2 have directed Respondent No. 3/Axis Bank Limited, the Petitioner’s Banker, to freeze his Bank Account. At the outset, it is fairly submitted by Mr. Satish Aggarwala, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent No.1 that 2021:DHC:3161-DB W.P.(C) 2351/2020 Respondent No. 3 vide letter dated 17.03.2021 has informed Respondent No. 1 that the Bank has revoked freeze from the concerned Account of the Petitioner. Copy of the communication dated 17.03.2021 has been annexed as Annexure ‘A’ to the counter affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent No. 1.

2. In view of the aforesaid stand taken by Respondent No. 1 in the counter affidavit and the communication annexed thereto, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the grievance of the Petitioner stands satisfied and he has instructions to withdraw the writ petition.

3. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as withdrawn.

CHIEF JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH, J OCTOBER 01, 2021