that issue of passport is not a sovereign function but a statutory function. But failed to notice that in that case the Regional Passport Officer ... issued urgently. That apart even though issue of passport is a statutory function definitely it is the instrument through which the sovereign protective
question as to which functions of the State are sovereign functions and which are non-sovereign function, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Nagendra ... functions. Rejecting the contention, it was held by this Commission that there was no question of exercising of sovereign functions; he was discharging a statutory
That the opposite party is a
statutory authority discharging the sovereign functions under
Passport Act, 1967 ; As such it cannot be fastened with any
liability ... cited case, it is observed that issuing of passport is a
statutory function and the passport officer cannot be held to
be a service provider
Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. vs Union Of India on 25 January, 2019
Equivalent citations: AIR
sovereign function. In our view, this
contention is totally baseless. There is
no question of exercising sovereign function.
He was discharging a statutory duty ... passport may be a statutory duty and may not be a consumer
dispute but issuance of an invalid passport which is not signed
necessary correction by the concerned statutory
authorities, Judicial Magistrate or the Civil Court, as
the case may be. Passport Authorities are always
competent to direct ... recording reasons, which in
our view are exclusively the functions to be discharged
by the statutory authorities like Registrar of Births
and Deaths, Judicial Magistrate
decided on
29.09.2008, holding that issuance of passport is statutory function,
passport officer cannot be held to be a service provide and complaint
for delay ... citizens to go outside the country. Function of the
Central Government required to be performed under the Passport Act
could not be equated with
Necessary directions be given to CBI
to release the passports of Propounder
of the Scheme and ex-Directors
Necessary directions be given to CBI
to release the passports of Propounder
of the Scheme and ex-Directors
purchased or
sold but it is a sovereign function and, thus, Passport Offices do not
fall within the purview of 'service provider ... been held that issuance of a passport is
a statutory function and the Passport Officer cannot be held
to be a 'Service Provider
