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1 - 10 of 16 (0.39 seconds)Article 21 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 34 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 504 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 509 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 6 in The Passports Act, 1967 [Entire Act]
Section 420 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 13 in The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [Entire Act]
Section 10 in The Passports Act, 1967 [Entire Act]
Vangala Kasturi Rangacharyulu vs Central Bureau Of Investigation. on 27 September, 2021
6. It is also relevant to note that the Apex Court in
Vangala Kasturi Rangacharyulu case (cited supra) had
an occasion to examine the provisions of the Passports
Act, 1967, pendency of criminal cases and held that
refusal of a passport can be only in case where an
applicant is convicted during the period of five (05)
years immediately preceding the date of applicatio0n
for an offence involving moral turpitude and sentence
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for imprisonment for not less than two years. Section
6.2(f) relates to a situation where the applicant is facing trial
in a criminal Court. The petitioner therein was convicted in a
case for the offences under Sections 420 IPC and also Section
13(2) read with Section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption
Act, 1988, against which, an appeal was filed and the same
was dismissed. The sentence was reduced to a period of one
(01) year. The petitioner therein had approached the Apex
Court by way of filing an appeal and the same is pending.
Therefore, considering the said facts, the Apex Court
held that Passport Authority cannot refuse renewal of
the passport on the ground of pendency of the criminal
appeal. Thus, the Apex Court directed the Passport
Authority to issue the passport of the applicant without
raising the objection relating to the pendency of the
aforesaid criminal appeal in S.C.