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permission as a precondition for renewal of a passport has been dealt in
detail in Sunil Goel v. Union of India & Ors.4 wherein it has been clarified
that the Passports Act, 1967 is a self-contained code and does not mandate
the securing of prior Court permission to travel abroad as a precondition for
renewal of passport. Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports Act merely empowers
the Passport Authority to refuse the issuance/renewal of a passport where
criminal proceedings are pending, but does not envisage imposing a
requirement of a Court-granted travel permission for renewal. The insistence
on such directions, as contemplated in the GSR 570(E) Notification dated
25th August, 1993, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, finds no
support in the parent legislation. The delegated legislation cannot travel
beyond the contours of the Act.5