Disposed

Debby Osasu Williams & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

Delhi HC18 Feb 2025W.P.(C)/2098/2025

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A Nigerian mother who overstayed her visa sought exemption from penalties on her three India-born children for their exit permits. The FRRO communicated that the penalty on the children would be waived on humanitarian grounds; the mother agreed to pay any penalty on herself and leave within two weeks. Petition disposed of.

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Penalty on petitioner nos. 2 to 4 waived by respondent no.1 on humanitarian grounds; petitioner no.1 to leave India within two weeks.

Debby Osasu Williams & Ors. Vs Union of India & Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 2098/2025

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DEBBY OSASU WILLIAMS & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Advocate (appearance not given).

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Farman Ali, SPC, Mr. Hussain Adil Taqvi and Ms. Usha Jamnal, Advocates.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 18.02.2025

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The petitioner no.1, a Nigerian citizen, is the mother of petitioner no(s). 2 to 4. The petitioner no.1 is stated to have entered India on 26.12.2014 for business purposes. The visa issued to the petitioner no.1 was valid only upto 14.01.2015. However, the petitioner has continued to unauthorisedly overstay in India till date. During the course of her stay in India, she gave birth to three children, i.e petitioner no(s). 2 to 4.

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The petitioners have now applied for Exit Visas/Exit Permits before the Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for travelling out of India to Nigeria. The present petition has been filed seeking that the petitioner no(s). 2 to 4 be exempted from the penalties sought to be imposed by the respondent no.1.

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Learned counsel for the respondent draws the attention of this Court to the fact that on 14.02.2025 when the petitioner no.1 visited the office of the respondent no.1, it was communicated to her that the penalty sought to be raised on petitioner no(s). 2 to 4, shall be waived on humanitarian

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grounds. The said decision is stated to have been taken in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. The same effectively addresses the grievance raised in the present petition.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that considering that the respondent no.1 has agreed to waive the penalties imposed on the petitioner no(s). 2 to 4, any penalty that may be imposed on the petitioner no.1 shall be duly paid by the petitioner no.1. It is further agreed that the petitioner no.1 shall leave India latest within a period of 2 weeks from today. The said statement is taken on record.

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No further order/s are required to be passed in the present petition and the same is accordingly disposed of.

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SACHIN DATTA, J

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025/ at

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