Sandeep Kumar Gupta v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of Foreign Affair and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Passport renewal; Regional Passport Office; police report indicating 2003 criminal case; no case found pending after extensive search; case held trivial; direction to renew passport in accordance with law within four weeks; writ petition disposed of. WRIT - C No. - 612 of 2026, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, decided January 30, 2026, coram Shekhar B. Saraf, J. and Manjive Shukla, J. Petitioner: Sandeep Kumar Gupta; Respondents: Union of India thru Secy., Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 3 others. Counsel: Raja Pratap Singh and Ashutosh Mishra for petitioner; A.S.G.I., C.S.C., and Varun Pandey (Regional Passport Office) for respondents. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Regional Passport Office to renew the petitioner's passport in accordance with law within a period of four weeks.