The Bombay High Court has held that passport authorities cannot rely merely on the existence of a criminal complaint—where cognizance has not yet been taken by a court—to deny or delay processing of a request for correction of name in a passport. The bench of Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Abhay J. Mantri directed…
Passport Name Change Can’t Be Denied Solely on Pending Criminal Case Without Cognizance: Bombay HC
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Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.
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