Search Results for Tag : Impound

Judgments

Police have power to seize the passport but not to impound the same, it is for the Passport Authority to decide whether the passport needs to be impounded(25.07.2023)

The dispute involved in present appeals concerns the return of the passport of the Appellant. The learned Counsel appearing for the Appellant relied u.....

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News

Supreme Court: Enforcement Directorate has No Right to Impound Passport(25.02.2020)

Supreme Court has reiterated that the Enforcement Directorate has no right to impound the passport and the same can only be impounded by the Passport .....

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MP HC: Impounding of Passport of Travel Vlogger Affects Right to Livelihood Under Article 21(13.12.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that impounding the passport of a travel vlogger based on unjustified reasons affects her/his fundamental right.....

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Delhi High Court: Mull Over Consequences If Passport Impounded During Overseas Travel(23.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to mull over the consequences Indian citizens would face if an order impounding their passport is issued while t.....

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SC: Passport Authority Can’t Unauthorizedly Retain Passport Without Impounding it(27.07.2023)

Supreme Court while granting relief to a man whose passport was handed over to passport authority by police in the name of a pending criminal case, ha.....

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Kar. HC: Civil Court or the Criminal Court Itself Doesn’t Have the Power to Impound the Passport(18.12.2023)

Karnataka High Court while observing that the civil Court or the criminal Court itself does not have the power to impound the passport, has held that .....

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J&K HC: Mere Registration of Criminal Case Doesn’t Constitute ‘Criminal Proc.’ for Impounding Passpor(05.06.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that mere registration of a criminal case does not amount to proceedings for impounding passports and for procee.....

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SC: Passport Authority Can’t Unauthorizedly Retain Passport Without Impounding it(27.07.2023)

Supreme Court while granting relief to a man whose passport was handed over to passport authority by police in the name of pending criminal case, has .....

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