passport
to go abroad during the time that the passport is impounded.
Moreover, a passport can be impounded by the Passport Authority
only on certain ... given
to the person concerned before impounding his passport. The Passport
Authority may proceed to impound the passport without giving any
prior opportunity
wisdom, proceeded to impound the passport of petitioner in following terms:
"It has been decided to impound the passport bearing Passport No.L4453460 ... Passport Authority under the Passports Act, 1967 has been conferred with the Authority to impound or caused to be impounded/revoked a passport or travel
passport to go
abroad during the time that the passport is impounded.
Moreover, a passport can be impounded by the Passport
Authority only on certain ... given to
the person concerned before impounding his passport.
The Passport Authority may proceed to impound the
passport without giving any prior opportunity
Passports Act, 1967 provides that the passport authority may impound or cause to be impounded or revoked a passport or travel document if proceedings ... court, impounding of passport is necessary and only thereafter the order for impounding of passport can be passed, whereas in the case of the petitioner
instant case is
similar to the case of Mewa Lal Choudhary 's case as the
passport of Mewa Lal Choudhary was also impounded ... passport was impounded and the reason recorded in the
order impugned for impounding the passport under Section
10(3)(e) of the Passport
whether to impound the passport or not and it
is not at all mandatory to impound the passport or revoke a
passport or travel document ... criminal case, but in the present case, basing only on the criminal
case being pending against petitioner, passport has been
impounded, without recording reasons
intimating the impounding of his Passport bearing no. K0144741 stating therein "It has been decided to impound the passport bearing Passport No.K0144741 ... Passport Authority under the Passports Act, 1967 has been conferred with the Authority to impound or caused to be impounded/revoked a passport or travel
power conferred on the Passport Authority is to impound
a passport and the consequence of impounding a passport
would be to impair the constitutional right ... given to the person concerned before
impounding his passport. The passport Authority may proceed
to impound the passport without giving any prior opportunity
case before it passes an order to impound a passport or a travel document. Impounding or revocation are placed side by side on the same ... action of impounding her passport was called for. Furthermore, the rather cavalier fashion in which disclosure of any reason for impounding her passport was denied
newspaper is given a foreign assignment and he is refused
passport or his passport is impounded, it would be direct
interference with his freedom to carry ... caution to the Passport
Authority while exercising the power of refusing or
impounding or cancelling a passport. The Passport
Authority would do well to remember
