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The applicant, Abdul Javed, convicted under Section 9A of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act and sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment, applied for a passport to attend the Haj pilgrimage. The passport authority refused issuance pending clarification of two police cases and the pending …
The petitioner, born in Uganda in 1964, applied for an Indian passport which was refused by the Regional Passport Officer on the ground that his Indian citizenship was not proven. The petitioner submitted additional evidence, including his parents' marriage register showing both grandparents were …
The applicant, Parag Priyakant Jhaveri, filed an application seeking modification of a prior order that imposed a four‑year restriction on renewing his passport. The High Court examined the restriction and found it prima facie erroneous and inconsistent with its earlier decisions in similar cases. …
Nagina Yadav filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition challenging an FIR dated 24‑08‑2026 that registered a case under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 12 of the Passport Act. The petition sought quashing of the FIR on the ground that it did not disclose a cognizable …
Vikram Sharma applied for a re‑issue of his passport but the Regional Passport Officer raised objections on the ground that two criminal matters—one under the IPC and SC/ST Act and another under the Public Gambling Act—were pending and allegedly suppressed. Sharma submitted affidavits claiming …
Madhukar R. Bhoir, convicted under IPC sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307 and Arms Act section 25(1), appealed his conviction while a passport application remained on hold. He sought a direction from the High Court for the Regional Passport Office, Thane, to consider his passport request despite the …
Petitioner Mohammad Irfan, residing in Saudi Arabia with an expired passport, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a mandamus directing the Union of India and others to issue a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC). The respondents argued that because his passport had expired, Irfan must …
Petitioner Rahul Yadav, who had been issued a passport valid for one year due to his involvement in a criminal case, sought a ten‑year passport as prescribed under the Passport Act, 1967. The trial court had earlier granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) with a rider limiting the passport to a …
Dinesh Yadav applied for bail in a case (Crime No. 132 of 2026) alleging offences under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Passport Act, 1967. He contended that he was falsely implicated, asserting that his documents were never handed to co‑accused Monu Yadav, who is alleged to have …
Petitioner Angad, employed in Saudi Arabia, approached the Allahabad High Court under Article 226 seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Union of India to re‑issue his expired passport. The respondents argued that, under Section 4(2) of the Passport Act, 1967, the petitioner must first obtain an …
Petitioner Vidhata Chauhan, residing in Dubai, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Regional Passport Office, Lucknow to reissue her passport (No. P4808135) within a court‑specified time. The respondents argued that the re‑issuance must follow the procedure laid down in sub‑section …
The husband and wife, Ghanshyambhai Vallabhbhai Pambhar and Asmitaben Ghanshyambhai Pambhar, applied for regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with an FIR registered at Dindoli Police Station, Surat, alleging offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya …
The husband and wife, Ghanshyambhai Vallabhbhai Pambhar and Asmitaben Ghanshyambhai Pambhar, applied for regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with an FIR registered at Dindoli Police Station, Surat, alleging offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya …
The petitioner, who obtained a passport as a minor in 2008, discovered a discrepancy in her date of birth and obtained a corrected birth certificate in 2019. She filed a writ petition seeking a fresh passport reflecting the corrected date of birth, invoking the Passport Act, 1967 guidelines that …
The appellant, a Sri Lankan national named Ranjan, was arrested in 2021 and charged under multiple statutes for allegedly being the absconding accused "Sri" (A‑5) involved in a conspiracy to revive the banned LTTE. The prosecution’s case rested solely on the belated testimonies of two witnesses who …
The petitioner, Shouzeb Sharique Neyazi, filed a writ petition seeking the acceptance of his matriculation certificate as valid proof of his date of birth and the issuance of a corrected passport. He alleged that a discrepancy between the date of birth in his earlier passport and the one in his …
The petitioners, creditors of a leaseholder (respondent No.15) of the Ghaziabad Development Authority, challenged coercive recovery actions by revenue authorities, including illegal detention and forced signing of cheques. During the pendency of the writ petition, insolvency proceedings were …
Amit Manubhai Parekh filed a special civil application under Articles 21 and 226 of the Constitution seeking renewal of his passport for ten years. The Regional Passport Office had refused, citing a pending criminal case against him. The Court examined GSR Notification 570(E) 1993 and Section …
Petitioner Dinesh Yadav challenged the order dated 07.02.2026 that his passport was impounded by filing a writ petition. The respondents contended that the Passport Act, 1967 provides a specific statutory remedy – an appeal under Section 11 – against such an order. The Court held that because an …
The petitioner, a director and guarantor of a defaulting company, challenged a Look Out Circular (LOC) and a passport endorsement marking his passport as “cancelled without prejudice” that barred his travel abroad. He argued that the LOC was issued mechanically at the request of Canara Bank without …
The petitioner, born in Mozambique to Indian parents, returned to India as an infant and has lived there ever since, but was denied an Indian passport because she could not produce a consular birth registration or a certificate of Indian citizenship. She argued that the denial violated her …
Petitioner Sahmat Ali filed a writ petition challenging the impoundment of his passport. The respondents argued that the Passport Act, 1967 provides a specific statutory remedy—an appeal under Section 11—against such an order. The Court held that because an alternative statutory remedy exists, the …
The petitioner, Vinaygiri Kalugiri Goswami, was convicted under IPC section 324 and later obtained a probation order under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, with the appeal disposed. He applied for a new passport, but the passport authority refused issuance on the ground of pendency of …
The petitioner, Asfar Mahin Ansari, challenged a letter dated 20‑12‑2024 issued by the Deputy Passport Officer, Patna, which refused his passport application on the basis of a cancelled 1998 birth certificate despite having a corrected birth certificate issued in 2013 showing a different date of …
The petitioner, the grandfather and legal guardian of a minor whose passport expired in September 2021, applied for renewal in March 2024. The passport office rejected the application in June 2024 on the ground that the minor’s parents were foreign citizens, despite the parents holding OCI cards and …
Awadhesh Kumar Singh, a qualified electrical engineer and seafarer, had his passport impounded after a warrant of arrest was issued in FIR No. 17 of 2024 filed by his daughter‑in‑law. He filed a criminal writ challenging the FIR, and a coordinate bench of the Patna High Court stayed the criminal …
The petitioner, Nawab, was arrested in connection with offences under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3) of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 read with Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, alleged to have concealed his Bangladeshi citizenship while …
The petitioner, an Indian citizen employed in South Korea, obtained a mutual‑consent divorce in a South Korean family court in 2024 and remarried a Korean national in 2025. He applied to the Regional Passport Office, Patna, to renew his passport and replace his ex‑wife’s name with that of his …
The petitioner, Mrs. Chitra Kunal Ghaste, sought a writ of mandamus directing senior police officers to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and the Regional Passport Officer to renew her passport in her new name despite an FIR (No. 688 of 2024) alleging offences under sections 408, 420 and 34 of …
The case concerns the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which grants citizenship to certain migrants from Bangladesh to Assam based on cut-off dates (before 1.1.1966 and between 1.1.1966 and 25.3.1971). The provision was enacted to implement the Assam Accord. …
A.G. Perarivalan, convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment and spent over three decades in jail. The Tamil Nadu State Cabinet recommended remission of his sentence in September 2018, but the Governor delayed action …
Suresh Nanda, an NRI, had his passport seized by the CBI during a search on 10 October 2006. The Special Judge ordered its release with conditions, but the High Court reversed that order, refusing release. The Supreme Court examined whether the CBI could retain or impound the passport without an …
The Supreme Court examined a public‑interest writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 (IMDT Act) and its 1984 Rules, which were applicable only to Assam for detecting and deporting illegal migrants. The Court held that the Act and …
The appellant was intercepted at New Delhi Railway Station with a loaded revolver and two passports – one Indian and one Pakistani – and was charged under Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967 and Section 5 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). The Supreme Court held …
Charanjit Kaur, the wife of Dr. Jagjit Singh Chauhan, a self‑styled president of the National Council of Khalistan, visited Punjab in 1983‑84 and met known Sikh militant leaders. The Regional Passport Officer impounded her passport on 18 August 1984 under sections 10(3)(c) and 10(5) of the Passport …
