Om Aryansh Shukla v. U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
passport issuance; mandamus; show-cause notice dated 22.02.2026; FIR lodged; no charge-sheet filed; reply with proof of non-filing of charge-sheet; expeditious issuance if passport to be issued; acted in accordance with law; Om Aryansh Shukla; U.O.I. Ministry of External Affairs; Passport Office; Writ - C No. - 5132 of 2026; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Shekhar B. Saraf; Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary; A.S.G.I.; petition disposed with directions; no statute or precedent cited in the judgment; no monetary amount involved.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: petitioner to reply to the show-cause notice dated 22.02.2026 annexing proof that no charge-sheet has been filed; on such reply, the authorities to act in accordance with law and, if the passport is to be issued, to do so expeditiously. ¶14