Section 10 in The Passports Act, 1967
10. Variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel documents.—
(1) The passport authority may, having regard ... passport authority may also revoke a passport or travel document on the application of the holder thereof. (5) Where the passport authority makes an order
petitioner's passport under Section 10(3)(c) of the
Passport Act setting out particulars of the petitioner and his
passport in this communication ... four
weeks till the proceedings relating to variation,
impounding or revocation of passport or travel
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document under section
Chief
Passport Officer) in an appeal under Section 11 of the Passports Act, 1967
(hereinafter referred to as ‗ The Passports Act ') which had been ... Passports Act. The
passport Officer while considering the applicability of Section 10(3)(c) of
the Passports Act has to apply his own mind
with a
request that action be taken in public interest for revocation of passport of
the petitioner under section 10(3)(c) of the Passports ... Passport Authorities, had only sought
impounding of the petitioner's passport, while the impugned orders proceed
to revoke the petitioner's passport. Revocation
further period till the proceedings relating to
variation, impounding or revocation of passport or travel
document under section 10 are concluded.
This issues with ... passport authority may also revoke a passport or travel
document on the application of the holder thereof.
(5) Where the passport authority makes an order
Passports Act, 1967 deals with 'Variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel documents'. Section 10(a) of the Act speaks ... ordinary case where it relates to impounding and revocation of passports or refusal of passports, travel documents etc. As such, though passport is a property
Court convicting the holder of a passport to revoke the passport. As against the impounding or revocation of a passport under Sub-Section ... have no authority to seize the passport, the Regional Passport Officer can now take action for impounding or revocation of the passport under Section
fairly long period. It was also pleaded that the revocation of passport of the petitioner would be contrary to the provisions of law, and that ... decide as to whether there are grounds for the revocation of the passport of the petitioner or not and in fact an appeal against such
criminal justice administration system.
While submitting that the principles of revocation of passport are different from
the principles governing the issuance of a passport ... distinct from
the power conferred under Section 10 for impounding and revocation of
passports.
12. We have given our thoughtful consideration to the rival submissions
passport authority
"shall refuse to issue a passport or travel document." Section 10 , indeed,
deals with variation, impounding, and revocation of passports ... found
pending against the passport holder. For the passport authority may
impound or cause to be impounded or revoke a passport or travel
document
