passport. Reliance in this regard is placed by the petitioner on
Section 6 of the Passport Act to argue that the passport authority can refuse ... Section 6 of the Passport Act clearly provides
that application for grant or renewal of passport shall be refused only on
the grounds mentioned
reversed the order of
the learned Special Judge and refused to release the passport to the appellant.
Aggrieved against the order of the High Court ... abroad and that was the reason
why the order of the Passport Officer refusing to issue passport to the
petitioner in Satwant Singh
Refusal of passports, travel documents. etc.
-- (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the passport authority shall refuse to make an endorsement ... Passports Act were relevant. Learned Standing Counsel submitted that the issuance of a passport could be refused under section 6(2)(e) of the Passports
passport authority is defined under Section 2(c) of the Act. The passport authority has the power to refuse passport or travel documents ... provisions of the Passports Act would show that the Passports Act is a special enactment governing not only for issuance of passport but also
facility, the
applicant would require his passport. It is further submitted that
passport authority may refuse to grant or renew the passport if
any criminal ... section (2) of Section 6 of the Passport Act,
1967 and submitted that the passport authority may refuse to
grant or renew the passport
Section 6 of the Passport
Act, 1967 contains the ground for refusal of passport and sub-
section (2)(f) thereof which has been attracted ... Refusal of passports, travel documents
etc.-(1) ************
(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act,
the passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport
retire from service. By informing the said information, the Regional Passport Officer impliedly refuses to take up the application of the petitioner to re-issue ... types of criminal cases which would automatically disentitle an applicant to refuse a passport. Each case depends on its own merits. The passport authority therefore
concerned Magistrate. Even though in the instant case, whether the passport can be refused on the basis of the pendency of the criminal case ... copy of this order before the respondent no.2-Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow;
(2) Since we are finding
Refusal of passports, travel documents, etc.-
(1).xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx
(2) subject to the other provisions of this Act, the
passport authority shall refuse to issue ... conviction but the provision of Passport Act under Section 6(e) says
that the passport authority shall refuse an application for issuing
passport
issue passport or travel document for visiting
foreign countries. This includes Clause (f) to the effect that the Passport
Authority shall refuse to issue ... section (2) of Section 6
of the Act to refuse issuance of such Passport.
10. However, the Government of India have issued a notification
