Sh Manoj Sabharwal v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: writ petition; Articles 226/227 Constitution of India; mandamus; Enforcement Directorate (R-3/ED); debit freeze; defreeze/de-freeze; bank accounts; HDFC Bank (R-5); Indusind Bank (R-6); Ministry of External Affairs communication dated 27.10.2025; ED letters dated 13.11.2025; 17 accounts; KYC norms; dormant account; case details disclosure. Substance: Petitioner Manoj Sabharwal's W.P.(C) 15742/2024 before the Delhi High Court (Justice Jyoti Singh, 08.12.2025) seeking disclosure of ED case details/actions and lifting of the debit freeze on 17 bank accounts; ED's defreeze directions accepted on record, 16 accounts confirmed defrozen, balance HDFC dormant account to be defrozen within two weeks of reactivation; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without further orders: the ED letters dated 13.11.2025 directing defreeze of all 17 accounts and removal of the debit freeze were taken on record; Indusind Bank confirmed all 5 accounts defrozen; HDFC Bank confirmed 11 of 12 accounts defrozen and was directed to defreeze the remaining dormant account (serial no. 2) within two weeks of its reactivation upon compliance with KYC norms.