Case brief
What is this about?
Passport re-issuance denied due to pendency of criminal case; BNS offences; no-objection certificate from trial court; permission from superior Court where criminal proceedings stayed or interim protection granted; Writ-C No. 8148 of 2026; Allahabad High Court Division Bench (Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan, JJ.); relies on Pawan Kumar Rajbhar v. Union of India (Writ-C 41540 of 2023) and Rahimuddin v. Union of India (2025:AHC:181505-DB); disposed of on March 19, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned trial court for a no-objection certificate, or the superior Court which stayed the proceedings or granted interim protection; passport authorities to pass appropriate orders on re-issuance within two months of such decision, in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar and Rahimuddin (supra).