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Search Results for Tag : Passport

Judgments

Passport can be denied to a citizen if he is convicted of an offence at any time during period of five years preceding date of application for a passport(11.01.2019)

The Petitioner has filed the preset petition, impugning an order passed by Respondent no. 1 (Regional Passport Officer) denying the Petitioner's reque.....

Tags : Passport, Renewal, Grant



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.....

Tags : Passport, Impounding, Condition



Action of applying for political asylum may result in bad publicity for a country but same is not prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India(12.01.2018)

In facts of present case, the Petitioner returned to India on an Emergency Certificate issued from the Consulate General of India, Vancouver (Canada)......

Tags : Passport, Denial, Validity



Passport department apathy blamed on uncooperative software(17.05.2016)

A mother’s name is sufficient in certain cases to apply for a passport, especially since a single woman can be a natural guardian and parent, the Delh.....

Tags : passport, father’s name, guardianship, procedure



News

Punjab and Haryana HC: Child’s Passport can Carry Stepfather’s Name(25.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a child's passport can carry stepfather's name without a declaration by a court appointing him as a legal .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, child, passport, stepfather



Bombay HC: No Power with Passport Authority to Curb Travel(01.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that Passport Authority did not have any right to decide whether an accused in a criminal case could travel abroad or not.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Passport Authority, travel



Passport Not to Be Refused on Ground That it’s Detrimental to India’s Economic Security: Kerala HC(03.12.2018)

Kerala High Court has observed that term ‘security’ in Section 6(1) of Passport Act does not encompass ‘economic security’ and passport cannot be refu.....

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AHC: Pendency of Criminal Case Against Passport Holder will not Result in Confiscation of Passport(04.09.2019)

Allahabad High Court (AHC) has ruled that mere pendency of a criminal case is not a valid reason for confiscation of a person’s passport. Further the .....

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Del HC: Can’t Deny Appln for Passport Renewal Merely on Apprehension of Misuse of Earlier Passport(21.07.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that denial of passport has the effect of seriously impeding the rights of a citizen, has held that application for p.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport Renewal, Misuse



JKL HC: Juvenile Justice Board has all the Trappings of a Criminal Court(24.07.2023)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has held that Juvenile Justice Board has all the trappings of a Criminal Court, and therefore proceedings pending before th.....

Tags : Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Juvenile Justice Board, Passport Act, Criminal Court



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 .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Passport Authority, Impound



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.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Passport Authority, Impound



Delhi High Court Rejects Plea to Transfer Chota Rajan’s Fake Passport Case Trial(10.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has rejected a retired Government official's plea to transfer to Bengaluru her trial for allegedly issuing a fake passport to gangste.....

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Delhi High Court: Seeking Asylum Abroad Cannot Be Reason For Denying Passport(15.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that Authorities cannot deny passport to an Indian citizen merely because he or she has applied for asylum in a foreign coun.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Asylum, Passport



Kerala High Court Frames Guidelines for Issuing Passports to Accused in Criminal Cases(01.10.2021)

Kerala High Court has observed that the grant of permission by the Magistrate enabling an accused to travel abroad will be of great significance, espe.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Guidelines for Issuing Passports



Madras High Court Suggests Surrender of Passports from Loan Defaulters(02.01.2019)

Madras High Court has suggested that the Centre bring in appropriate amendments in the Passport Rules, so that banks and financial institutions can de.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Loan Defaulters, Surrender of Passport



Madras High Court Suggests Surrender of Passports from Loan Defaulters(02.01.2019)

Madras High Court has suggested that the Centre bring in appropriate amendments in the Passport Rules, so that banks and financial institutions can de.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Loan Defaulters, Surrender of Passport



Daughter of Indian immigrant in UK gets British passport(18.10.2015)

Calling the British Home Office’s assertions of Deelavathi Bondada being fathered by someone other than her claimed biological father “absurd” in ligh.....

Tags : Passport, british, uk, descent



Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Relief to Actress Monica Bedi in Fake Passport Case(19.11.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted a major relief for film actress Monica Bedi and has upheld an earlier verdict of a Bhopal District Court, which .....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Fake Passport Case



Madras HC Says, Officers Must Adhere to Principles of Natural Justice before Impounding Passports(17.06.2016)

Madras HC has held that Regional Passport Officers must adhere to principles of natural justice before impounding passports though the Passport Act, 1.....

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Kar. HC Rejects Plea for Passport Renewal by Man Accused in Mother's Death(06.12.2023)

Karnataka HC has upheld a decision of passport authority rejecting the issuance of a regular passport, to an accused charged with offences of murder a.....

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Tel. HC: Right to Personal Liberty Includes Right to Possess Passport(11.12.2023)

Telangana High Court has held that the pendency of criminal case against the petitioner cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport to the petition.....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Personal Liberty, Passport



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 .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Passport, Impound



Madras High Court: Pendency of Criminal Cases No Bar for Re-issuance of Passport(02.03.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Regional Passport Officer to process actress Khushboo’s application for reissue of passport in her favour.

Tags : Madras High Court, Criminal Cases, Passport



CIC Rejects Plea Seeking Details of PM Modi’s Passport Application(06.03.2017)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld CPIO’s refusal to provide to an RTI applicant copies of applications submitted by Prime Minister Naren.....

Tags : Central Information Commission, Passport Application, Modi



Delhi HC Rules, Mother's Name Enough for Passport in Certain Cases(23.05.2016)

Delhi HC has ruled that in certain cases, mother's name is sufficient for a child to apply for a passport , especially because a single woman can be a.....

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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.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Impounding of Passport of Travel Vlogger



Kar. HC: Banks Do Not Have the Power of Retaining Passport or OCI Card of Accused as Security(17.01.2024)

Karnataka High Court has held that banks do not have the authority to withhold the passport or OCI cards of an accused, even if, the accused has surre.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Passport, Banks



Delhi HC Quashes CIC Order Asking MEA to Disclose Passport Details of Estranged Husband to Wife(29.11.2022)

Delhi High Court has set aside Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order by which Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was directed to disclose the d.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport, CIC



Bombay High Court: Passport Can be Impounded by Passport Authority Only(08.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that CBI only had the authority to seize the passport, but the power to impound it lies with the Passport Authority.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Passport



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 .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Right to Impound Passport



Passport can’t be Revoked for Non-Appearance in Investigation Under FEMA: Delhi HC(12.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has held that a passport cannot be suspended or revoked under Section 10(3)(c) of the Passports Act on account of non-appearance befo.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport, FEMA



SC: Surrender of Passport Can be Ordered to Ensure the Presence of Parties in Contempt Proceedings(20.03.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a High Court is empowered to pass appropriate orders including the surrender of passport to ensure the presence of the.....

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Gujarat HC Orders Govt to Issue Passport to 18-Year-Old for Immigration Purposes(26.03.2021)

Gujarat High Court has ordered the Government to issue a passport to an 18-year-old Vatsal Brahmbhatt, who needs it for immigration purposes and for f.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Passport to 18-Year-Old for Immigration Purposes



Madras HC to Centre: Consider Issuing Indian Passport to Sri Lankan Refugees’ Daughter(01.02.2023)

Madras High Court while observing that petitioner is for all practical purposes a stateless person and wants passport only to explore overseas employm.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Passport, Stateless Person, Refugee



Madras High Court Quashes Order Shortening Validity of Karti Chidambaram's Passport(04.03.2022)

Madras High Court has held that when an application is made for the renewal/ re-issue of a passport, the authority cannot shorten the duration or vali.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Validity of Karti Chidambaram's Passport



Delhi HC: Authorities Can't Insist on Father's Name in Passport(23.08.2016)

Delhi HC has said that passport authorities cannot insist upon mentioning name of an applicant's father in the travel document.

Tags : Delhi HC, Passport authorities



Kerala HC Orders Removal of Name of Divorced Husband from Passport(09.09.2016)

Kerala HC has asked Regional Passport Officer, Kochi, to consider an application filed by a Muslim woman who got divorced by her husband, seeking remo.....

Tags : Kerala HC, divorce, Passport



Telangana & AP HC : Issuance of Passport Can Be Refused on Ground of Pendency of Criminal Appeal(13.08.2018)

High Court of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh has held that pendency of appeal against acquittal before an appellate court, including a high court, is grou.....

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Madras HC Grants Relief to Man Who Failed to Obtain Passport Due to FIR Against Him(14.05.2021)

Madras High Court has granted relief to a man who failed to obtain a passport due to a First Information Report, which was registered against him for .....

Tags : Madras High Court, Failure to Obtain Passport



Kerala HC: Passport Cannot be Denied to Child on Sole Ground That One Parent is Non-Indian Citizen(17.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that even if one of the parents of a minor child refused to give consent, the passport issuing authority is entitled to is.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Issue of Passport to Child



Gujarat HC Notices Passport Office & Surat Police Commissioner Over Denial of Passport to Ex-Minister(04.10.2016)

Gujarat HC has issued notice to Regional Passport Office and Surat Police Commissioner after Ex-minister, Mohammad Surti, who was acquitted in the 199.....

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Denial of Passport Affects Fundamental Rights: Delhi High Court(17.09.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that the denial of a passport or its non-renewal affects the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport, Fundamental Rights



Delhi HC: Transgender Person to Produce Gender Re-Assignment Certificate, Violates Article 21(12.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the Passport Rules, 1980 as they require a Transgender person to produce Gender Re-assignment certificate Surgery, is p.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport Rules, Transgender person, Gender Re-assignment certificate, Article 21 of the Constitution



Delhi HC: Transgender Person to Produce Gender Re-Assignment Certificate, Violates Article 21(12.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the Passport Rules, 1980 as they require a Transgender person to produce Gender Re-assignment certificate Surgery, is p.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Passport Rules, Transgender person, Gender Re-assignment certificate, Article 21 of the Constitution



Mad HC: Consider Issuing of Passport to Man Whose Mother was Indian & Father a Srilankan Refugee(10.04.2023)

Madras High Court while directing Regional Passport authority to consider representation of man for Indian passport whose mother was Indian while fath.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Passport, Indian, Srilankan Refugee



DHC: Renewal of Passport Cannot be Denied Citing Criminal Case in Case There is Permission from Court(10.06.2019)

Delhi High Court (DHC) has directed the Regional Passport office to renew the passport of Rajiv Chaturvedi, the Chief General Manager of State-Run PEC.....

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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.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Passport, Impounded



Delhi HC Slams Passport Office Over Ignorance of Order on Passport to Tibetans Born in India(31.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has slapped a cost of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to a man whose passport was revoked on illusory grounds ranging from concealment of his p.....

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Bom. HC: While Granting Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused to Obtain Passport and Surrender it(11.07.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that while imposing the condition for grant of bail, the Trial Court does not have power to direct any person to apply for .....

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Bombay HC Disposes of Kangana Ranaut’s Passport Renewal Application(29.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has disposed of two applications filed by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking directions to the Passport Authority to renew her passport af.....

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All. HC: Not Mandatory for Passport Authority to Impound Passport of Accused Persons(26.07.2024)

All. HC has held that legislature u/s 10 (3)(e) of Passports Act, 1967 had deliberately used word ‘may' meaning that passport officer by recording rea.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Passport Authority, Accused Persons



SC Issues Notice to Centre and Passport Office on Plea by Prashant Bhushan(24.02.2016)

SC has issued notice to Centre and Regional Passport Office at Ghaziabad on plea of lawyer Prashant Bhushan who gets passport for a period of only one.....

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Delhi High Court Raps Government for Revoking Man's Passport As Pressure Tactic(06.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has taken to task the Government for revoking the passport of an Indian citizen, who was living in Ukraine, to pressure him to settle.....

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P&H HC: Inclusion of Biological Mother's Name in Passport Would Not Cause Any Prejudice(21.07.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Regional Passport Office to allow an applicant's request for inclusion of her biological mother's name .....

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Delhi HC Asks for Centre Response on Issuance of New Passport to Transgender Woman(27.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to respond on a petition seeking issuance of a new passport to a Transgender woman with the required changes in .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Issuance of New Passport to Transgender Woman



Madras HC: Criminal Case Not Bar for Issue of Passport when Accused Wants to Return to India(01.06.2022)

Madras High Court has held that pendency of a criminal case that is at the FIR stage is not a bar for the issuance of a passport and permission is req.....

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Kar. HC: Lost Passport Can’t be Re-issued Without Registration of FIR with Police(05.07.2023)

Karnataka High Court has held that right to travel abroad is regulated by Passport Act and rules thereunder which prescribes format of documents to ac.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Passport, Re-Issue, FIR



Notifications & Circulars

Centralised System for Issue of Passports(02.08.2017)

A centralised system of issuing passports called the Passport Seva Project (PSP) is being successfully run in the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mod.....

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Centralised System for Issue of Passports(02.08.2017)

A centralised system of issuing passports called the Passport Seva Project (PSP) is being successfully run in the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mod.....

Tags : Passports, Issuance, Centralized system



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