impounding of a passport. A person's
passport cannot be detained or impounded without a valid statutory
order under the Passport ... there is no adverse
report against the passport holder, the extension of the passport
cannot be refused on any pretext.
16.In the present case
impounding of a passport. A person's
passport cannot be detained or impounded without a valid statutory
order under the Passports ... there is no adverse
report against the passport holder, the extension of the passport
cannot be refused on any pretext.
15.In the present case
that a passport
cannot be denied as a punition for the past acts of the
petitioners. The passport authorities can deny the passport
only ... Refusal of passports, travel documents. etc.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the passport
authority shall refuse to make an endorsement
releasing of the passport. Considering these circumstances, the 2nd
respondent ought to have released the passport, but erroneously refused
to issue the passport and sought ... passport, then the
passport shall be issued for the period of travel abroad specified in the order.
(b) any passport issued in terms
refuse the permission. With
partial refusal or total refusal under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-
section (2) respectively, the passport authority must record ... section (2) concerns issuing the
passport, rather than endorsing on the passport. It contains more
grounds of refusal than sub-section (1). Yet clause
petitioner had
applied for Passport on 11.03.2015. However, his application for issuance of
Passport was not considered by the Passport Authority in view ... mentioned in the Passport, he is
before this Court seeking a direction to the Passport Authority to issue a
regular Passport
seeking a fresh passport, but, the petitioner seeks only re-issuance of passport, since all the pages of his passport got exhausted. However, the respondent ... refusal of the passport authority to do anything in the matter. By this conduct the passport authority has refused passports to the petitioners without
applicants. Indeed, if the report is adverse,
the authority may refuse to issue the passport. Besides, it may impound or
revoke the passport already given ... passports and travel
documents. Under Sub-Section (3), "the passport authority may impound or
cause to be impounded or revoke a passport or travel
Passports
Act, 1967 (hereafter 'the Passports Act '), which sets out the grounds
on which a passport can be refused. One such ground being ... section (2) of Section 6 of the Passports
Act indicates that the passport can be refused only on the grounds as
set out therein
record, this Court finds that the
Applications submitted by the petitioners for passport were not considered by
the third respondent for the reason that FIRs ... 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
