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)
- Vishal Shah Vs Monalisha Gupta and Ors on 20 Feb 2025 [SC: Principles of Natural Justice violated since the act of impounding the appellantโs passport under Section 10 of the Passport Act, 1967, was carried out without granting the appellant an opportunity to be heard]
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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