Case Law Analysis
|Kerala High Court
Bank Account Freezing | Police Requisition Insufficient Without SOP & Abdul Azeez Guidelines: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court ruled that banks cannot freeze accounts based solely on police requisition; they must follow established SOPs for cybercrime-related freezes and comply with the Abdul Azeez guidelines, ensuring a quantified grievance mechanism and proportional relief. This binds all financial institutions to procedural safeguards under Article 300A and BNSS, preventing arbitrary deprivation of property.