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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.Arul Murugan
Karthikeyan Subramanian, S/o Subramanian – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India Represented By Its Secretary To Government, Ministry Of External Affairs, 74b, South Block, New Delhi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's request for passport renewal. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. precedents on passport renewal without noc. (Para 4) |
| 3. court's directive on passport renewal. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. final order disposing of the writ petition. (Para 7) |
ORDER :
G.Arul Murugan, J.
The Writ Petition on hand has been instituted to direct the 2nd respondent to renew and re-issue a fresh passport without insisting for NOC from the Trial Court.
2. It is the case of the petitioner that passport bearing No.N0307054 which was issued on 25.06.2015, expires on 24.06.2025. Thus, he had made an application to the 2nd respondent on 11.12.2024 seeking for renewal of the passport.
3. It is further contended that during police verification, it came to light that a case in Crime No.3 of 2022 dated 09.02.2022 has been registered on the file of the 3rd respondent. Therefore, passport has not been issued on the ground that the petitioner has to obtain a NOC from the Trial Court.
4. Mr.S.Balaji, Government Advocate (Crl.side) appearing for the 3rd respondent would submit that in a similar circumstance, the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in order dated 02.06.2023 made in WA.No.902 of 2023 has passed orders directin
Passport applications for renewal must be processed without requiring No Objection Certificates from the Trial Court in pending criminal cases, per established legal precedents.
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