Refusal of passport, travel documents etc. (1)
Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the passport
authority shall refuse to make an endorsement ... passport
yet despite acquitted in a criminal case for reason of
pendency of an appeal there against, the issue of
passport can be refused
Section 6 of the Passport Act, 1967 which deals with grounds on which passport can be refused was not discussed at all. This Court ... could be refused passport only on the grounds enumerated in Section 6 of the Passport Act and passport could not be refused only
Passports Act, 1967 and Section 14 of the Passports Rules, reject their appeals and uphold the refusal order.
A/19427/96
A/20606 ... correct the error committed by the Passport Authorities." In the present case, Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, refused passport facilities to the petitioners by saying
procedure for obtaining
passports and travel documents and clearly defined the
grounds on which passports or travel documents or
endorsements on passports or travel documents ... made provisions for refusal of passports,
endorsements, revocation of passports etc.
After the enactment of the Passports Act , foreign travel has
been mainly governed
supra.
9. Under section 6(2) of the Passports Act, 1957, the
passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport on any one or
more ... Neither the grant
nor refusal of asylum in foreign country a ground permissible
under the Act ibid for refusal of passport. What
passport.
Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the petitioner
was issued passport No. M1654955 by Regional Passport Officer,
Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar ... violative of Article 14 of the
Constitution and hence the order refusing passport to
the petitioner was also invalid under that Article.
This decision
Passport Act, 1967 (in
short '1967 Act), empowers the passport authorities to refuse issuance of
passport or travel documents to a person against whom ... cannot possess or hold a
passport. Even under section 10 (d) of the Passports Act, the
passport can be impounded only if the holder
Passports Act, 1967. Section
6(2)(f) of the Act states that the passport authority shall refuse to issue a
passport or travel document ... Chief
Passport Officer"
8. A perusal of the aforementioned provisions of the Passports Act
shows that the Passport Authority can refuse to issue
Section 6 (2) (f) of the Passports Act, 1967, the passport
authority shall refuse to issue passport or travel document for visiting any foreign
country ... Passports
Act, 1967. Section 6 (2) (f) of the Act states that the passport
authority shall refuse to issue a passport or travel document
ground to deny passport facility to the petitioner because it only states that the passport facility has been refused under Section ... passport or travel document any endorsement.
6(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport
