Banks collecting passport details of those borrowing over Rs 50-cr a possible precursor to change in passport rules
7 years ago

Banks collecting passport details of those borrowing over Rs 50-cr a possible precursor to change in passport rules

Firstpost  

Section 10 of Passport Act empowers authorities to revoke one’s passport in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India. As it is, section 10 of the Passport Act empowers passport authorities in India to revoke one’s passport under the following circumstances: • In the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India • Security of India • Friendly relations with any foreign country • In the interest of the general public. On 21 July 2017, the Delhi High Court came down heavily on the passport authorities for relying on a bald complaint from a Saudi national against an Indian national Sikhandar Khan for revoking his passport. Observing that the power to revoke or suspend passport under Section 10 of the Passport Act is a serious restriction on the fundamental rights of an individual, the Delhi High Court had directed that the passport of an Indian national Sikhandar Khan to be returned.

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Court finds impounding of Bollywood director's passport invalid, orders return
2 months, 2 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 …

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

Live Law  

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 …

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 …

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 …

Behavioural economics and the transformation of India’s passport services
2 years, 3 months ago

Behavioural economics and the transformation of India’s passport services

Live Mint  

Passport services have improved by “500 per cent” ever since the Modi government came to power in 2014, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan told the Lok Sabha on Friday. It’s true that one of India’s recent government service delivery success stories is the improvement in the quality and quantity of passport services. The passport services cutting …

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 …

Passport Authorities Have No Power To Impose Penalties : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 9 months ago

Passport Authorities Have No Power To Impose Penalties : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The High Court of Kerala has held that passport authorities have no power to impose penalties under Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, for violation of the provisions of the Act.Holding thus, a division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly set aside the penalty list framed u/s 12 prescribed in schedule III of Passport …

No passports for corrupt Central govt officers
5 years ago

No passports for corrupt Central govt officers

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In what could spell further trouble for Indian government officers with pending charges against them, the Department of Personnel and Training, the Central Vigilance Commission and the Ministry of External Affairs have now redrafted rules that prevent such officials from applying for a passport. In February, the Union government informed the Lok Sabha that over 4,000 government employees …

Passport Can’t Be Refused On The Ground That It’s Detrimental To India’s ‘Economic’ Security: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Passport Can’t Be Refused On The Ground That It’s Detrimental To India’s ‘Economic’ Security: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“Granted, the Passport Act denies passports to the persons posing danger to the “security” of the nation, does that security include the “economic security”? We will see.”Holding that the term ‘security’ in Section 6 of the Passport Act does not encompass ‘economic security’, the Kerala High Court observed that passport cannot be refused on the ground that it is. We …

Passport Can’t Be Refused On The Ground That It’s Detrimental To India’s ‘Economic’ Security: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Passport Can’t Be Refused On The Ground That It’s Detrimental To India’s ‘Economic’ Security: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“Granted, the Passport Act denies passports to the persons posing danger to the “security” of the nation, does that security include the “economic security”? We will see.”Holding that the term ‘security’ in Section 6 of the Passport Act does not encompass ‘economic security’, the Kerala High Court observed that passport cannot be refused on the ground that it is. We …

'All allegations against me baseless': Fugitive PNB Scam accused Mehul Choksi breaks his silence
6 years, 6 months ago

'All allegations against me baseless': Fugitive PNB Scam accused Mehul Choksi breaks his silence

India TV News  

Fugitive diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi on Tuesday appeared before the media for the first time in months to rebuke allegations against him in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank scam. Responding to questions put up news agency ANI, Choksi said," All the allegations leveled by ED are false and baseless. Choksi and designer diamond jewellery businessman Nirav Modi and others are …

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi possessed at least half-a-dozen Indian passports; agencies likely to file fresh FIR against diamantaire
6 years, 9 months ago

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi possessed at least half-a-dozen Indian passports; agencies likely to file fresh FIR against diamantaire

Firstpost  

Of the two active passports, one had Modi’s full name while the other only had his first name with a 40-month UK visa issued against it New Delhi: Agencies probing the alleged $2-billion PNB fraud have detected that absconding diamond merchant Nirav Modi possessed at least half-a-dozen Indian passports and a fresh FIR is being mulled against him for this …

Passport Can Be Impounded By Passport Authority Only, Not The Police: Bombay HC Directs CBI To Return Jignesh Shah’s Passport [Read Judgment]
6 years, 9 months ago

Passport Can Be Impounded By Passport Authority Only, Not The Police: Bombay HC Directs CBI To Return Jignesh Shah’s Passport [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a relief to Jignesh Shah, the Bombay High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to return his passport that has been in CBI’s custody since March 13, 2014.Justice PD Naik heard the criminal revision application filed by Jignesh Shah, prime accused in the multi-crore NSEL-FTIL scam. In a relief to Jignesh Shah, the Bombay High Court has …

Govt to state-owned banks: Collect passport details of borrowers who have taken loans in excess of Rs 50 crore within 45 days
7 years ago

Govt to state-owned banks: Collect passport details of borrowers who have taken loans in excess of Rs 50 crore within 45 days

India TV News  

The Finance Ministry has directed state-owned banks to obtain passport details of all borrowers, who have taken loans in excess of Rs 50 crore, within 45 days with a view to preventing alleged fraudsters like Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya from fleeing the country, sources said. Passport details will help banks to take timely action and inform the relevant authorities …

PNB fraud: 'Passports of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi revoked'
7 years, 1 month ago

PNB fraud: 'Passports of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi revoked'

India TV News  

The Minister of External Affairs sources today said that passports of fugitive jewellery designer Nirav Modi and his business partner Mehul Choksi, two of the accused in the Rs 11,400-cr PNB fraud, have been revoked, PTI reported. "Since they have not responded so far, their passports have been revoked," a senior ministry source said, noting that in its notice to …

Indian passports fare poorly, but are a prized item in fertile market of stolen documents
8 years, 2 months ago

Indian passports fare poorly, but are a prized item in fertile market of stolen documents

Firstpost  

Here is Mr S Kumar walking into Immigration clutching his passport with a valid visa, how do you know he is not his brother? Arton Capital’s Passport Index might put the Indian document at 166 out of 199 but it has not factored in the ‘worth’ of the passport on the dark side of the market especially when you realise …

Government revokes Vijay Mallya's passport
8 years, 11 months ago

Government revokes Vijay Mallya's passport

India TV News  

New Delhi: In a move that could spell more trouble for beleaguered industrialist Vijay Mallya, the government today revoked his passport. After having considered replies by @TheVijayMallya, MEA revokes his passport under S.10 & of Passports Act pic.twitter.com/Stb9rX63OV — Vikas Swarup April 24, 2016 Earlier this week, Swarup had said that a request has been made to initiate steps for …

MEA revokes Vijay Mallya’s passport
8 years, 11 months ago

MEA revokes Vijay Mallya’s passport

The Hindu  

The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday announced that it has revoked the passport of Vijay Mallya, the wanted boss of Kingfisher Airlines, starting the process of bringing him back to India. “Having considered the replies filed by Shri Vijay Mallya to the show cause notice, facts brought by Enforcement Directorate, and Non Bailable Warrant under the PMLA Act, 2002 …

Twin blow for Mallya: MEA suspends passport, ED seeks non-bailable warrant
8 years, 11 months ago

Twin blow for Mallya: MEA suspends passport, ED seeks non-bailable warrant

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has suspended the passport of beleaguered industrialist Vijay Mallya. The move follows Mallya’s no-show for the third time to summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 900 crore loan that he has failed to repay to IDBI Bank. No sooner had the MEA announced the suspension of Mallya's diplomatic …

CBI Asks MEA To Revoke Balkrishna's Passport
13 years, 8 months ago

CBI Asks MEA To Revoke Balkrishna's Passport

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jul 25 : CBI has approached theExternal Affairs Ministry seeking revocation of the passport of Balkrishna, an aide for Yoga guru Ramdev, as the agency alleged that it was procured on the basis of fake documents. The agency has also issued a look-out notice against Balkrishna after it registered a case against him under section 420 and 120-B …

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