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The Passports Act, 1967
Section 5 in The Passports Act, 1967 [Entire Act]
Section 7 in The Passports Act, 1967 [Entire Act]
Satwant Singh Sawhney vs D. Ramarathnam, Assistant Passport ... on 10 April, 1967
?193. It seems to me that there can be little doubt that the right to travel and to go outside the country, which orders regulating issue, suspension or impounding, and cancellation of passports directly affect, must be included in rights to "personal liberty" on the strength of decisions of this Court giving a very wide ambit to the right to personal liberty (see : Satwant Singh Sawhney v. D. Ramarathnam, Assistant Passport Officer, Government of India, New Delhi & Ors. AIR 1967 SC 1836, Kharak Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors. AIR 1963 SC 1295.?
Mrs. Maneka Gandhi vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Anr. on 25 January, 1978
18. This principle was further expanded in Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, (1978) 1 SCC 248, wherein it was held that the right to travel is encompassed within the ambit of the right to life and personal liberty, and that any administrative action impinging upon such right must satisfy the test of fairness, reasonableness and non-arbitrariness. It was observed by Justice M.H. Beg that:
Section 447 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 3 in The Prevention Of Damage To Public Property Act, 1984 [Entire Act]
Vangala Kasturi Rangacharyulu vs Central Bureau Of Investigation. on 27 September, 2021
In exercise of powers conferred by clause (a) of Section 22 of the Passports Act 1967 (15 of 1967) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs No. G.S.R. 298(E), dated the 14th April, 1976, the Central Government, being of the opinion that it is necessary in public interest to do so, hereby exempts citizens of India against whom proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by them are pending before a criminal court in India and who produce orders from the court concerned permitting them to depart from India, from the operation of the provisions of Clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the said Act, subject to the following conditions, namely:- (a) the passport to be issued to every such citizen shall be issued (i) for the period specified in order of the court referred to above, if the court specifies a period for which the passport has to be issued; or (ii) if no period either for the issue of the passport or for the travel abroad is specified in such order, the passport shall be issued for a period one year, (iii) if such order gives permission to travel abroad for a period less than one year, but does not specify the period validity of the passport, the passport shall be issued for one year; or (iv) if such order gives permission to travel abroad for a period exceeding one year, and does not specify the validity of the passport, then the passport shall be issued for the period of travel abroad specified in the order. (b) any passport issued in terms of (a) (ii) and (s) (iii) above can be further renewed for one year at a time, provided the applicant has not travelled abroad for the period sanctioned by the court, and provided further that, in the meantime, the order of the court is not cancelled or modified; (c) any passport issued in terms of (a) (i) above can be further renewed only on the basis of a fresh court order specifying a further period of validity of the passport or specifying a period for travel abroad;? (Emphasis added)