SC to examine plea for SOP on freezing and de-freezing bank accounts in cybercrime cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India to formulate a uniform Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing freezing and de-freezing of bank accounts during cybercrime investigations.

A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and SVN Bhatti asked the copy of the petition to be served on the Centre within three days, and listed the matter next week.