Calcutta High Court declines urgent hearing on TMC bank-account freeze

Court setback

The Calcutta High Court has declined Trinamool Congress’s request for an urgent hearing over the freezing of three party bank accounts, leaving the dispute unresolved for now.

The refusal is a procedural setback for the party, which had sought quicker judicial attention to a matter that has already spilled into public and internal political blame.

According to the reporting, the case was not taken up immediately and may be heard later in the week, possibly on Thursday. Until then, the freeze on the accounts remains in place.

How the dispute escalated

The row traces back to June 12, when former TMC treasurer Aroop Biswas reportedly wrote to HDFC Bank seeking a freeze on a party account.

Subsequent reporting said the action ended up affecting three TMC bank accounts rather than one. One report said the combined balance in those accounts was about Rs 440 crore, though that figure has not been independently clarified in the material available.

The party later issued a show-cause notice to Biswas over the letter that triggered the freeze. That moved the dispute beyond a banking issue and into an internal accountability fight.

Party finances under pressure

The frozen accounts matter because they hold party funds used for day-to-day financial control. The dispute therefore goes beyond a single legal filing and touches the practical ability of the party to access and direct its money.

The freeze has also intensified scrutiny of how the account action was initiated and who within the party bears responsibility for it.

Separate reporting in recent days described a wider internal Trinamool Congress finance and leadership row, including questions raised by dissident MLAs about the source of party funds and calls for a probe. The court refusal does not resolve any of those larger tensions.

What happens next

The immediate question is whether the Calcutta High Court will list the matter later in the week. If it does, TMC may press again for relief on the frozen accounts.

For now, three questions remain open: whether the hearing is fixed for Thursday or another day, whether the party issues a fresh public response after the refusal, and whether the bank or court changes the status of the frozen accounts before the next hearing.