Waqas Rashid v. Union of India (Ministry of External Affairs) and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner's passport application filed in September 2024 with clean antecedents was not processed by the authorities. The court directed respondents to dispose of the passport application within one month of certified copy being served, and disposed of the writ petition at inception stage.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondents to dispose of petitioner's passport application within one month from delivery of certified copy to RPO Srinagar and IGP CID/CIK Kashmir.