SC on liability of banker for allowing operation of locker restrained by Income Tax Department

HDFC Bank Ltd. Vs State of Bihar & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Whether a banker can be held liable for erroneously allowing locker to be operated which had been restrained to be operated by Income-tax in pursuance of search u/s 132? A peculiar situation arose in this case when HDFC Bank Gandhi Maidan Patna Branch allowed bank locker to be operated by Khemka family on whom a search was earlier conducted and their bank account and lockers were restrained by Director of Income-tax(INV). However, subsequently the said restrain order was revoked though only in relation to Bank account. Howeve...