List of judgments that can be used in your applications to request for release/return of your passport from Indian Courts.
Landmark Judgments of Hon’ble Supreme Court
- Satwant Singh Sawhney Vs Assistant Passport Officer, New Delhi on 10 April, 1967
- Maneka Gandhi Vs Union Of India on 25 January, 1978
- Suresh Nanda vs C.B.I. on 24 January, 2008 (Only passport authority can impound a passport, but no one else like police or courts)
- Sanjay Awasthi Vs State of Uttar Pradesh on 14 Jul 2015
- Vangala Kasturi Rangacharyulu Vs Central Bureau of Investigation on 27 Sep 2021 (Passport can be renewed without Court permission or when a criminal appeal is pending)
Judgments of Hon’ble High Courts in India
- Nandini Bhatnagar Vs State Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi on 14 December, 2012
- Anand Tewari Vs Union Of India & Ors, on 18 September, 2013 (Passport impounded?)
- Shreyas Sharma Vs State Of Karnataka on 22 September, 2014 (Anticipatory Bail granted without surrendering passport condition)
- Sumit Kumar Vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 28 April, 2016 (Anticipatory Bail granted without surrendering passport condition)
- Dipika Vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 4 May, 2016
- Mohd. Farid Vs Union Of India And Another on 20 December, 2016 (Passport impounded?)
- N.Chandrababu Vs The Sub Inspector of Police on 21 April, 2017 (Passport impounded?)
- Krishna Munivenkatappa Vs Union Of India on 27 April, 2017 (Passport impounded?)
- Kakulamarri Kalyan Srinivasa Rao Vs CBI on 12 May, 2017
- Suresh Rajan Vs The Passport Officer on 30 October, 2017 (Passport impounded?)
- Jignesh Prakash Shah Vs CBI on 4 June, 2018
- D.Suryaprakash Venkata Rao Vs State of AP on 06 Dec 2019
- Kuchiraju Srinivasa Rao Vs State of Andhra Pradesh on 28 Jan 2020 (APHC)
- Y Usha Gayatri Vs State of AP and Anr on 13 Oct 2020 (APHC)
- Bireddy Pradeep Kumar Reddy Vs The State of Telangana on 09 Nov 2020 (TelHC:)
- Akshay Vinod Kulkarni Vs Chief Passport Officer and Anr on 03 May 2021
- Praveen Surendiran Vs State of Karnataka and Anr on 21 Mar 2022 (KarHC)
- Ravi Ramesh Babu Vs State of Andhra Pradesh on 23 Mar 2022 (APHC)
- Pasagadula Sai Kiran Vs Union of India and Ors on 04 Aug 2022 (Police Clearance Certificate)
- Abbas Hatimbhai Kagalwala Vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr on 23 Aug 2022 (No Court permission required for Passport Renewal)
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