Passports Act Archives

‘Acquisition of foreign citizenship by parent does not affect the Indian citizenship of their minor child’: Bombay HC

“The child cannot be left stateless”, said the Court while holding that the minor petitioner was entitled to be issued a passport on the basis of her Indian citizenship.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad HC sets aside Passport Authority’s order impounding a man’s passport due to pending criminal case

Allahabad High Court: In a writ petition challenging the communication issued by the Regional Passport Officer, whereby he has been informed that

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court permits 73-Year-Old NDPS convict, out on bail for 13+ years, to perform Haj pilgrimage

The applicant who is seeking permission to perform Hajj Pilgrimage, is aged about 73 years, and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of 11 years 6 months, had already undergone a period of 10 years 3 months in judicial custody, before his sentence was suspended by the Court and has been out on bail for past 13 years, and no adverse report has come on record that he has misused the liberty to granted to him.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Legal Implications on Impounding and Revocation of Passport and Travel documents

by Kapil Madan† and Sahil Madaan††
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 62

Experts Corner Siddharth R Gupta

Landmark Judgments on Prevention of Money Laundering Act by the Supreme Court and High Courts in 2022 Part I

by Siddharth R. Gupta†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 44