Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 12: A local court today issued notice to Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Imran Ansari, and Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in freezing of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association accounts case.
The court of Second Additional District Judge Sham Lal after hearing appearing counsel for Dr Farooq Abdullah, advocate Sajad Ahmad Sofi, issued short notice to the respondents for the response into the case.
The case has been filed against Chairman JK Bank, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Imran Ansari, Mehboob Iqbal, Iqbal Shah and Abdul Rouf. The court issued notice to all of them for filing their reply against the pleads made in the case by Abdullah by or before September 18.
Dr Abdullah along with general secretary M L Nehru seeks relief from the court that the account opened in JK Bank in the name of JKCA at the instance and connivance with Sports Minister and his associates be declared as null and void.
They are seeking direction from the court that Minister Ansari and his Associates be declared that they have no authority to maintain, run and operate any Bank Account of JKCA including numbers at Branch office Air Cargo Srinagar and BC Road Jammu.
“Defendants Ansari and his Associates be directed to restrain themselves from dealing with any way or operating the Bank Accounts of the Plaintiff-Association except the Plaintiff-Association and its duly authorized nominees”, pleads Abdullah in his petition.
They seek relief by directing the bank authorities to allow them (Abdullah and his Association) to maintain and run these accounts without any interference or impediment whatsoever.
Abdullah alleges that the Bank authorities have allowed the operation of these accounts by some unauthorized persons illegally and unauthorizedly pursuant to the so-called meeting and so-called election of the JKCA held on July 20 by the Ansari Group despite the fact that the meeting and elections were put on hold by a local court at Jammu.
It is further contended by the Plaintiffs that they lodged a strong protest against the aforesaid in action of the Bank authorities and they (Bank) assured them that the matter will be looked into and appropriate measures will be taken in this regard but they did not respond resulting into filing of instant case against the Bank authorities and Ansari Association.
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