Smt. Umapati Devi vs Union Of India And 3 Others on 24 September, 2019
1. Mr. Vishveshwar Mani Tripathi, learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, his client has applied for re-issue of passport on application dated 9th June, 2022. Copy of the online application receipt is at page no.13 (annexure no.1). In spite thereof, the passport has not been reissued. This is purportedly because criminal cases are pending, in which his client is involved. He relies on order dated 25th June, 2024 of another coordinate Bench in Writ-C no.5587 of 2024 (Umapati Vs. Union of India through Secretary Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi and three others), paragraph 7. The paragraph is reproduced below.