Passport Renewal Request Cant Be Rejected On Sole Basis of Pendency of Criminal Cases

Case: Asutosh Amrit Patnaik v. State of Orissa & Ors.

Coram: Justice Biswanath Rath

Case No.: W.P.(C) No. 4834 of 2022

Court Observation: “…in the opinion of this Court there is in fact no restriction in the renewal of the passport or even grant of passport in the pendency of the criminal proceeding involving the party concerned which may be a time based renewal or grant.”

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