Petitioner, nominee of a deceased account holder, sought release of bank deposit. Court disposed of the writ petition by directing the bank to process the request and complete formalities within one week.
Directed the bank to process the petitioner's request for release of deposit amounts within one week.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATHISH NINAN
THURSDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021 / 18TH BHADRA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 18212 OF 2021
PETITIONER:
NELSON SEBASTIAN AGED 47 YEARS PULIKKAL HOUSE, ARTHINKAL.P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA-688530. BY ADVS. B.PRAMOD NAMITHA JYOTHISH
RESPONDENT:
KERALA BANK (EARSTWHILE ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK), ARTHUNKAL BRANCH, ARTHUNKAL.P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA688530,REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER.
BY ADV THOMAS ABRAHAM
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09.09.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
SATHISH NINAN, J.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W. P. (C) No.18212 of 2021
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 9th day of September, 2021
J U D G M E N T
The petitioner is the son of one P.J.Sebastian who
expired on 23.12.2020. The said Sebastian was maintaining a Savings Bank Account with the respondent Bank. The petitioner is the nominee in the account. The petitioner has approached this Court alleging inaction
on the part of the respondent to release the amounts in the account, to the petitioner.
the petitioner claims to be the nominee, the request
W. P. (C) No.18212 of 2021
-: 2 :-
shall be processed and the needful done within one week
from the date of receipt of request by the petitioner.
Sd/-
SATHISH NINAN
JUDGE
kns/-
//True Copy//
P.S. to Judge
APPENDIX OF WP(C) 18212/2021
PETITIONER EXHIBITS
Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE DATED 02.09.2021 ISSUED BY THE CHERTHALA SOUTH GRAMA PANCHAYATH IN THAT REGARD Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE LAWYER'S DATED 22.04.2021 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE POSTAL RECEIPT Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE SMS DATED 24.06.2021.
Nelson Sebastian
Kerala Bank (Earstwhile Alappuzha District Co-operative Bank)
Sathish Ninan
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
