<h1>Disclosure of deceased account details: call for policy to enable legal heirs to access information on unclaimed accounts.</h1> The Supreme Court queried the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India on why details of deceased persons' bank accounts cannot be disclosed to legal heirs and directed the government to devise a policy. A PIL seeks a mechanism to inform heirs about unclaimed deposits and creation of a Centralised and Searchable Database under RBI control to trace accounts; the petition also asks for procedures to minimise litigation and notes the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund as a source for refunding genuine heirs.