Courts Can't Order Accused To Deposit Passport On "Unfounded Apprehensions" That He May Flee, Violates Fundamental Rights: AP High Court
8 months ago

Courts Can't Order Accused To Deposit Passport On "Unfounded Apprehensions" That He May Flee, Violates Fundamental Rights: AP High Court

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court has overturned a lower court's order to retain the passport of a former airline employee, facing criminal charges. During the proceedings, the petitioner's counsel argued that the lower court's order to retain the passport violated the petitioner's fundamental rights under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution, which guarantee freedom of movement and the right to life and liberty, including livelihood. High Court found no substantial reason or evidence to support the apprehension that the petitioner might flee from trial, noting that he had previously possessed a valid passport without any such restrictions. Based on these considerations, the High Court allowed the petition and set aside the lower court's order to retain the passport.

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Issuance Or Renewal Of Passport Can Be Barred Only After Presenting Of Chargesheet In Criminal Cases: J&K High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Issuance Or Renewal Of Passport Can Be Barred Only After Presenting Of Chargesheet In Criminal Cases: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the mere registration of an FIR or a pending investigation will not bar the authority from issuing or renewing the passport of the applicant. The court ruled that the authorities cannot refuse to issue or renew the passport unless the charge sheet is presented in the said case FIR. The court …

'Applicant Cannot Be Denied Passport Merely Due To Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members': J&K High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Applicant Cannot Be Denied Passport Merely Due To Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members': J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the criminal family background cannot be used as a reason to deny a passport to the one applying for it. The court observed that there is no reason to not recommend the case of the petitioner for the issuance of a passport, just because of the involvement of his brother in militancy …

Person Guilty Of Offence Involving Moral Turpitude Can't Be Denied Passport If He Was Convicted More Than 5 Yrs Ago: Kerala High Court
2 months ago

Person Guilty Of Offence Involving Moral Turpitude Can't Be Denied Passport If He Was Convicted More Than 5 Yrs Ago: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that as per Section 6 of the Passports Act of 1967, passport authority cannot refuse passport to a person held guilty of offence involving moral turpitude, if he has not been convicted within five years preceding the date of filing the passport application. The Court noted that as per Section 6 of the Passports …

[Custody Battle] Father's Consent For Renewing Child's Passport Not Required If Mother Files Declaration As Per Passport Rules: MP High Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

[Custody Battle] Father's Consent For Renewing Child's Passport Not Required If Mother Files Declaration As Per Passport Rules: MP High Court

Live Law  

The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed that the Regional Passport Office, Bhopal to renew the passports of the minor daughters of actor Nitish Bharadwaj while holding that the passport of minor children can be renewed without father's consent if there is no prohibitory order from any competent court. The form of Annexure-C declaring that there is an …

Court finds impounding of Bollywood director's passport invalid, orders return
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Court finds impounding of Bollywood director's passport invalid, orders return

India Today  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has clarified that only the Passport Authority, under the Passports Act, can impound passports. Kewlani’s legal team argued that the Passports Act overrides the CrPC in matters related to passport impounding. The court examined whether the police’s retention of the passport beyond four weeks constituted impounding. The court directed the EOW to …

Bombay High Court orders issuance of passport to minor in parental dispute case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court orders issuance of passport to minor in parental dispute case

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday provided relief to a 16-year-old student from Pune who is aspiring to attend an international academic programme in Japan, by clearing the way for the issuance of a passport to her. Advocate Balasaheb Ligade, appearing for the girl's mother, argued that the ongoing marital disputes, including domestic violence cases and divorce proceedings, made it …

Madurai Bench of Madras HC allows Minister Chezhiaan's plea seeking passport
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Madurai Bench of Madras HC allows Minister Chezhiaan's plea seeking passport

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday allowed a petition filed by Minister for Higher Education Govi Chezhiaan seeking to direct the Tiruchy passport authorities to issue passport to him. However, during verification, the Pandhanallur police of Thanjavur gave an adverse report citing that a criminal case was pending against him. Despite giving an explanation to …

Gujarat High Court Directs Passport Authority To Decide Renewal Plea Of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama Convicted In Rioting Case
3 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat High Court Directs Passport Authority To Decide Renewal Plea Of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama Convicted In Rioting Case

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has directed the Passport Authority to decide the plea of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama–who has court case pending–for renewal of passport, in view of Ministry of External Affairs's notification which permits Indian citizens–against whom criminal proceedings are pending in court–to travel abroad if they present a court order. Section 6 states that passport authority can refuse …

Duty Bound To Implement Court Orders: Bombay HC Imposes 25K Cost Over Police's Failure In Returning Passport Despite Court Order
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Duty Bound To Implement Court Orders: Bombay HC Imposes 25K Cost Over Police's Failure In Returning Passport Despite Court Order

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday while pulling up the Mumbai Police for not returning the passport of a man, despite a clear order by a Sessions court, said the Police is duty bound to implement an order passed by any court.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Shivkumar Dige also imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the State …

Courts Must Be Liberal In Giving NOC For Issuance Of Passport When Applicant Is Accused Of Matrimonial/Trivial Offence: Kerala HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Courts Must Be Liberal In Giving NOC For Issuance Of Passport When Applicant Is Accused Of Matrimonial/Trivial Offence: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has said that Courts have to be liberal while considering issuing a No Objection of Certificate for passports when the case pending against the applicant is a matrimonial issue or a trivial/ simple offence.In doing so the court said that if a liberal approach is not adopted in such cases, the applicant's right to go abroad …

Telangana: Passports of accused in phone-tapping case suspended
4 months ago

Telangana: Passports of accused in phone-tapping case suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In twists to the ongoing high-profile unauthorised phone tapping case, the Regional Passport Officer has permanently suspended the Indian passports of prime accused former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and his associate Shravan Kumar Rao, who are reported in the US. Their passports were suspended under Section 10 of Indian Passport Act based on a representation submitted to the …

Adverse Police Verification Report Doesn't Per Se Disentitle Citizen From Legal Right To Have A Passport: Rajasthan High Court
4 months ago

Adverse Police Verification Report Doesn't Per Se Disentitle Citizen From Legal Right To Have A Passport: Rajasthan High Court

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has held that adverse police verification report per se could not dis-entitle a citizen from his legal right to have a passport. “The petitioner is neither a “Nepali” nor she possesses any document in this regard and there is no material which would raise any doubt as to the citizenship of the petitioner…The petitioner was born in …

Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members Can't Be Taken Into Account To Assess Applicant's Character For Issuing Passport: MP High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members Can't Be Taken Into Account To Assess Applicant's Character For Issuing Passport: MP High Court

Live Law  

In a recent ruling, the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court held that criminal antecedents of family members cannot be taken into account in assessing applicant's character and application for the issuance of passport. The single-judge bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar observed, “…the impugned order cannot be sustained in the eyes of law as the petitioner also enjoys all …

High-ranking officials summoned to explain inaction in child passport case
5 months, 1 week ago

High-ranking officials summoned to explain inaction in child passport case

Deccan Chronicle  

A Telangana High Court panel has refused to intervene in an order of a single judge, directing a man to deposit his child's passport with the trial court within 15 days. The court observed that the RPO has no authority to decide issues regarding the custody of a minor child and that the mother filed a criminal complaint against the …

Kerala High Court Allows Rajya Sabha MP A.A. Rahim To Retain His Diplomatic Passport For The Rest Of His Tenure
8 months ago

Kerala High Court Allows Rajya Sabha MP A.A. Rahim To Retain His Diplomatic Passport For The Rest Of His Tenure

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court allowed the appeal filed by Rajya Sabha MP A. A. Rahim challenging the order of Judicial First Class Magistrate – III, Thiruvananthapuram allowing him to hold a diplomatic passport for only two years. A. Rahim has been a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since April 2022 and a Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee …

Passport Authority Not Bound To Impound Passports On Pendency Of Criminal Cases, S.10(3)(e) Uses 'May': Allahabad High Court
8 months ago

Passport Authority Not Bound To Impound Passports On Pendency Of Criminal Cases, S.10(3)(e) Uses 'May': Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that under Section 10 of the Passports Act, 1967, it is not mandatory for the passport authority to impound passport of a person against whom criminal case are pending. The bench comprising of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla held that “the legislature under Section 10 of the Passports Act, 1967 had …

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC
8 months, 3 weeks ago

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC

Live Law  

In a significant order, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that a trial court while granting bail does not have any power to direct a person/accused to apply for a passport, obtain it and then surrender it to avail bail. Single-judge Justice Bharat Deshpande quashed and set aside such an "unusual" condition imposed by a …

Onerous Conditions Not Necessary When Accused Seeks To Renew Passport Without Permission To Go Abroad: Kerala High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Onerous Conditions Not Necessary When Accused Seeks To Renew Passport Without Permission To Go Abroad: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that onerous conditions are not necessary to be imposed when an accused in a pending criminal case approaches the Court merely for renewal/re-issuance of passport, without seeking permission to go abroad. When an accused seeks permission to renew his passport without permission to go abroad, in an appropriate case, the court can grant the …

Maharashtra: Passport office revokes 42 Indian passports illegally procured by Bangladeshi infiltrators
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra: Passport office revokes 42 Indian passports illegally procured by Bangladeshi infiltrators

Op India  

The fact that Bangladeshis are residing illegally in Maharashtra has come to the fore numerous times. On 2nd July, the Regional Passport Office in Pune invalidated up to 42 Indian passports that were reportedly obtained by Bangladeshis by submitting fake documents, according to the information obtained from the Pimpri Chinchwad authorities. An inquiry found that multiple Bangladeshis were assisted in …

HC clarifies its stance on ‘pending’ criminal proceedings for passport renewal
9 months ago

HC clarifies its stance on ‘pending’ criminal proceedings for passport renewal

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently clarified that for a criminal proceeding to be considered ‘pending’, it must be registered before a court of law which should take cognisance of the case. The Bombay high court recently clarified that for a criminal proceeding to be considered ‘pending’, it must be registered before a court of law which should take cognisance …

MEA got request to impound Prajwal Revanna's passport only on May 21: Jaishankar
10 months, 1 week ago

MEA got request to impound Prajwal Revanna's passport only on May 21: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that the Ministry received a request from the Karnataka government only on May 21 to impound the passport of Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, who fled to Germany last month amid allegations of sexual assault. The MEA got this request from Karnataka only on May 21.” Mr. Jaishankar said the External Affairs …

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC dismisses parent’s writ on minor passport
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC dismisses parent’s writ on minor passport

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with an order of single judge directing the Regional Passport Office to consider the application for renewing passport of a minor girl. The panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti was dealing with a writ appeal filed by the father. HC seeks …

Banks have no power to withhold or retain passport or OCI card: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Banks have no power to withhold or retain passport or OCI card: Karnataka High Court

The Hindu  

Banks have no power in law to either withhold or retain a passport issued by a foreign country or the Overseas Citizen of India card, the High Court of Karnataka has said. Even if a customer voluntarily hands over the passport or the OCI card to the bank as a security measure, the bank will have to transmit these documents …

Debts Recovery Tribunals, Civil/Criminal Courts Don't Have Powers To Impound Passports Of Citizens: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Debts Recovery Tribunals, Civil/Criminal Courts Don't Have Powers To Impound Passports Of Citizens: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Debts Recovery Tribunal, or Civil/Criminal Courts and even the police do not have the power to impound the passport of a citizen. The Tribunal – Debts Recovery Tribunal can hardly have such power.” The court observed thus while allowing a petition filed by Nitin Kasliwal who had approached the court seeking a …

Right To Personal Liberty Includes Not Only Right To Travel Abroad, But Also To Possess Passport: Telangana High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Right To Personal Liberty Includes Not Only Right To Travel Abroad, But Also To Possess Passport: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has held that passport authorities cannot reject a person's application for passport renewal, on the ground that there is a pending criminal case against him. “This Court opines that pendency of criminal case against the petitioner cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport to the petitioner and the right to personal liberty would include …

Pending criminal case cannot be ground to reject passport renewal: Telangana High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Pending criminal case cannot be ground to reject passport renewal: Telangana High Court

The Hindu  

Observing that pendency of a criminal case against a person cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport, Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana High Court on Friday instructed the Regional Passport Officer to consider the application of a 53-year-old Mancherial resident. Mr. Venkatesham, who is facing trial in a cheating case before Second Additional Judicial Magistrate of First …

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea For Passport Renewal By Man Accused In Mother's Death, Says Short-Validity Passport Application May Be Considered
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea For Passport Renewal By Man Accused In Mother's Death, Says Short-Validity Passport Application May Be Considered

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has upheld a decision of the passport authority rejecting the issuance of a regular passport, to an accused charged with offences of murder and criminal conspiracy in the death of his mother. The impugned acknowledgement rejecting issuance of regular passport stands sustained.” The Court however permitted the petitioner to apply for a short-validity passport and for …

Investigating Agencies May Seize Passport But Not Impound It: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Investigating Agencies May Seize Passport But Not Impound It: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

Distinguishing between the powers of the police and the Passport Authority with regard to the seizing and impounding of passports, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has clarified that while the police may seize a passport under Section 102 of the CrPC, the impounding can only be done by the Passport Authority under Section 10 of the Passports …

Chandigarh District Commission Holds Regional Passport Office And Passport Seva Kendra Liable For Delayed Delivery Of Passport
1 year, 5 months ago

Chandigarh District Commission Holds Regional Passport Office And Passport Seva Kendra Liable For Delayed Delivery Of Passport

Live Law  

The Chandigarh District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission bench comprising of Pawanjit Singh and Surjeet Singh held Chandigarh Regional Passport Office and Passport Seva Kendra liable of deficiency in service for delay delivery of the complainant’s renewed passport which led to significant personal inconveniences to him and his wife, including missing out on planned travel. On 7th January 2020, he received …

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India organization.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal while confirming. …

Orissa High Court Single Judge Criticises Division Bench For Nullifying His Judgment On Passport Renewal Without Assigning Reasons
1 year, 7 months ago

Orissa High Court Single Judge Criticises Division Bench For Nullifying His Judgment On Passport Renewal Without Assigning Reasons

Live Law  

In a controversial development, a Single Judge Bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice Biswanath Rath has criticized and disapproved the manner in which a previous order rendered by him was declared not to be a ‘precedent’ by a Division Bench headed by former Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and also comprising Justice Gourishankar Satapathy. The questions of law …

Decade Passed But Police Unable To Collect Incriminating Material: Kerala HC Grants Relief To Woman Booked For Obtaining Passport On False Docs
1 year, 7 months ago

Decade Passed But Police Unable To Collect Incriminating Material: Kerala HC Grants Relief To Woman Booked For Obtaining Passport On False Docs

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the proceedings against a woman accused of traveling abroad in violation of the provisions of the Indian Passport Act, 1962. The petitioner was alleged to have furnished false documents to procure the passport, and crime had thus been registered against her in the year 2014. The Court noted that Magistrate had granted permission to …

Bombay High Court Directs Passport Authority To Consider Renewing Shiney Ahuja's Passport For 10 Yrs Pending Appeal Against Rape Conviction
1 year, 7 months ago

Bombay High Court Directs Passport Authority To Consider Renewing Shiney Ahuja's Passport For 10 Yrs Pending Appeal Against Rape Conviction

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Passport Authority of India not to withhold the renewal of actor and rape convict Shiney Ahuja’s passport on grounds of his pending appeal in High Court. Justice Amit Borkar observed, “Considering the fact that during pendency of present appeal passport was renewed on more than six occasions and there is no violation …

'Passport Authority Cannot Retain Passport Without Impounding' : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Husband In Matrimonial Dispute
1 year, 8 months ago

'Passport Authority Cannot Retain Passport Without Impounding' : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Husband In Matrimonial Dispute

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday held that without impounding of the passport, the Passport Authority cannot unauthorizedly retain a passport handed over by the Police in the name of a pending criminal case. A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Rajesh Bindal was considering an appeal filed by a husband whose passport was handed over to the …

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Detention Order Against 'Pakistani National', Says No Allegation Of Violation Of Bail Conditions
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Detention Order Against 'Pakistani National', Says No Allegation Of Violation Of Bail Conditions

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has set aside the detention order issued against a "Pakistani national" who is accused of submitting forged voter ID and Aadhaar Card to obtain an Indian passport. A division bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice P. Sree Sudha ordered the police to release the detenu forthwith "on furnishing a copy of bail order by complying …

Delhi High Court says every citizen has the right to hold a passport
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court says every citizen has the right to hold a passport

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has said that every citizen has a legal right to hold a passport, and authorities cannot refuse to renew it merely on an apprehension that the earlier passports might have been misused. Justice Subramonium Prasad, while dealing with a petition by an Indian citizen seeking a change in the date of birth mentioned in his passport, …

Re-Issue Of Passport On Being Lost Cannot Be Done Without Registering FIR With Police: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Re-Issue Of Passport On Being Lost Cannot Be Done Without Registering FIR With Police: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking direction to Regional Passport officer to re-issue petitioner's passport on him having lost the passport, without him registering a First Information Report with the police as is prescribed under the rules framed under the Passport Act. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit while dismissing the petition of …

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti issued passport after three years
1 year, 9 months ago

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti issued passport after three years

The Hindu  

PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said here on June 4. The passport given to Ms. Mehbooba, who was the last Chief Minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State before it was bifurcated in 2019, is valid from June 1, 2023, till May 31, 2033. The …

HC stays order seeking tax offender's passport
1 year, 10 months ago

HC stays order seeking tax offender's passport

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The vacation division bench of the Telangana High Court suspended an order of a single-judge bench, requiring a person to deposit a renewed passport with the criminal court. The bench was dealing with an appeal filed by Bhanu Reddy Gopu, who complained that his online application for passport renewal was rejected on the grounds of a pending criminal case. …

Not a criminal or terrorist, will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija
1 year, 11 months ago

Not a criminal or terrorist, will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija

Hindustan Times  

“Am I a terrorist or an anti-national”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija asked on Friday, a day after she was issued a “country-specific passport” for two years to allow her to study in the United Arab Emirates. “The Regional Passport Officer, Kashmir, Davinder Kumar, and the CID have misled the judiciary,” she said at a press conference at the …

Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija denied passport’; alleges CID chief’s ‘inaction brazenly infringes upon her rights’
2 years, 1 month ago

Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija denied passport’; alleges CID chief’s ‘inaction brazenly infringes upon her rights’

The Hindu  

Iltija Mufti, daughter of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, has accused the office of the Additional Director General of Police, CID, R. R. Swain of not clarifying her police verification for more than six months and deliberately denying the passport. According to the letter, Ms. Mufti’s passport was due to expire last year and applied for passport renewal June, …

Issue passport to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Issue passport to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother: Jammu and Kashmir High Court

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the passport office “to consider re-issuance of passport afresh” to former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s mother, and slammed the passport officer who rejected her passport renewal application for acting “as the mouthpiece of the CID”. Justice Chowdhary held that, in such a situation, without going into the PVR, refusal on part …

Karnataka HC Allows Consideration Of Single Mother's Application For Child's Passport Without Husband's Consent
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka HC Allows Consideration Of Single Mother's Application For Child's Passport Without Husband's Consent

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently granted relief to a single mother by directing the Passport authorities to consider the application for issuance of passport for her minor son, without insisting on the consent of her estranged husband. The Court said the Passport Manual issued for smooth functioning is only guidelines or solutions to answer circumstances that would emerge, but it …

Can't Reject Passport Application On The Basis Of Reports Of Non-Cognizable Cases Not Investigated Into: Allahabad High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Can't Reject Passport Application On The Basis Of Reports Of Non-Cognizable Cases Not Investigated Into: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the reports with regard to the non-cognizable cases could not be made the basis for rejecting an application for the issuance of a passport if they had not been investigated into.The bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Singh observed thus while hearing a writ plea filed by one Basoo Yadav, who …

Passport May Be Refused After Filing Of Closure Report By Police, Pending Acceptance By Magistrate: Karnataka HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Passport May Be Refused After Filing Of Closure Report By Police, Pending Acceptance By Magistrate: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that mere filing of a B Report by the police before the jurisdictional court which is yet to be accepted would not mean that the accused is acquitted in the case, thus passport authorities would have the right to refuse to issue of passport or travel documents. Mere filing of 'B' report would not …

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: September 5 To September 11, 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: September 5 To September 11, 2022

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX It is interesting to note that the passport of the petitioner was not impounded by invoking the provisions of Section 10 of the Passports Act, 1967, which refers to the impounding of a passport, if the holder of such passport is involved in any activities, which is against the interest of the sovereignty, integrity and the security of …

Madras High Court Gives Clean Chit To IPS Officer In Fake Passport Case; Lauds BJP State President For Highlighting The Scam
2 years, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Gives Clean Chit To IPS Officer In Fake Passport Case; Lauds BJP State President For Highlighting The Scam

Live Law  

The Madras High court recently gave a clean chit to Madurai's former Commissioner of Police, S. Davidson Devasirvatham in connection with matters pertaining to issuance of fake passports to Sri Lankan and Indian Nationals by using forged documents. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan observed that field enquiry police officer play the most crucial in verification process and the buck …

Can Renewal Of Passport Be Denied Citing Pendency Of Criminal Contempt Proceedings? Gujarat High Court To Examine
2 years, 8 months ago

Can Renewal Of Passport Be Denied Citing Pendency Of Criminal Contempt Proceedings? Gujarat High Court To Examine

Live Law  

The Bench comprising Justice AS Supehia at the Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Regional Passport Officer at Ahmedabad in light of a petition challenging its decision refusing renewal of passport on account of pendency of criminal contempt proceedings against the applicant. The Petitioner claimed that the Respondent had invoked Section 6 of the Passport Act to reject …

Girls Attaining Pinnacle Of Education Makes Country Proud: P&H High Court Orders Release Of Man's Passport To Travel Abroad For Daughter's Convocation
2 years, 9 months ago

Girls Attaining Pinnacle Of Education Makes Country Proud: P&H High Court Orders Release Of Man's Passport To Travel Abroad For Daughter's Convocation

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently came to the rescue of a father precluded from attending his daughter's convocation at a foreign University, on account of impounding of his passport due to pendency of a criminal case against him. The petitioner shall neither clear the location history, Whatsapp chats, calls nor format the phone without permission of the concerned …

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