Sadek Ali v. the State Bank of India and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Nominee claim over deceased account holder's funds; SBI refusal to disburse pension-account balances; requirement of prescribed nomination applications/forms before release; life certificate non-submission and credit of unpaid pension after definitive death date; disposal with directions rather than adjudication. Bench: Justice Rajesh Mazumdar (single judge, author). Case: WP(C)/2571/2022, Gauhati High Court, decided 04.11.2025 (neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:14913). Petitioner: Sadek Ali; Respondents: State Bank of India (General Manager, Centralised Pension Processing Centre, North Eastern Circle, Guwahati) and Branch Manager, SBI Sorbhog Branch, Barpeta. Advocates: Md S Hoque, M Deka, S Jafri (petitioner); B K Sen, A Hussain, F Haque (respondents). No statutes and no precedents cited; no dissent; no quantum stated.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to submit the necessary applications and forms before the bank authorities to claim the money lying in the deceased father's account; bank directed to credit the pension amount entitled to the deceased father (earlier not deposited for want of life certificate) and, on the petitioner's application, to cooperate in making any disbursal or rejection as required under law at an early date; writ petition closed with the above directions, no costs.