Mohd. Kasim v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), WRIT - C No. - 5290 of 2025, decided November 25, 2025; Coram: Shekhar B. Saraf, J. and Manjive Shukla, J. Petitioner Mohd. Kasim sought mandamus (Article 226) for issuance of passport for 'Haz Yatra'; respondents led by Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs. Passport withheld amid a criminal case registered in 1975 under Sections 147, 323, 377 and 504 I.P.C. whose stage police could not ascertain. Held: after fifty years the old case need not bar issuance; Passport Authority directed to issue passport on fulfillment of other conditions within eight weeks; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Passport Authority to issue a passport to the petitioner upon fulfilling all other conditions, within eight weeks from date. ¶17