Cyber crime probe can't paralyse salary account over Rs 21,000 credit: Himachal HC

Shimla, Nov 3 (UNI)The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State Bank of India to remove the complete debit freeze on the salary account of a Government servant, holding that a blanket freeze over an incidental credit of Rs 21,000 violates fundamental rights. The bank may retain a hold only on the disputed amount, the court directed. Justice Sandeep Sharma passed the order in a petition Shiv Singh versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, under Article 226 of the Constitution. The petitioner, a Patwari, holds a salary account at SBI's Ganvi branch in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district.…