GYARSI DEVI Vs. UNION BANK OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) S. H. A. Raza and D. K. Trivedi, JJ. Contention of the petitioners in this writ petition is that the petitioner-1, was having a joint account, with the deceased-husband and also had a locker in the Bank, in the name of the petitioner-1 and her deceased husband, but the bank authorities were refusing to allow the petitioners either to operate the bank account or locker; may be for the reason that there existed liability on the deceased- husband of the petitioner, who had taken a loan from the Bank, which he failed to pay during his life-time.

(2.) IN view of the aforesaid reason, the Bank, after deducting the amount due to the deceased-husband of the petitioner, sent a cheque to the petitioner for the amount, which remained in balance in the account. Petitioner submits that the action of the Bank, is totally improper, in as much as, the Bank authorities never intimated to the petitioner as to how much amount was due in the name of the deceased-husband of the petitioner and in a most arbitrary fashion, have deducted the amount.