Master Abdul Ahad Azad v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Minor's passport issuance/re-issuance — Annexure-C/Annexure-D declarations — one-parent application must be factually correct; claimed divorce decree/custody must be supported by enclosed documents — father's no objection conditional on compliance with G&WC No.26/2023 visitation directions — writ petitions allowed; processing directed within 10 days of joint Annexure-D by both parents; breach empowers cancellation/impounding/revoke and criminal proceedings (BNSS 2023; Passport Act 1967).
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions allowed. Respondents directed to process the minor daughter's passport re-issuance application and the minor son's passport issuance application and pass necessary orders thereon within 10 days of the petitioner-mother and respondent No.3-father filing a declaration in terms of Annexure-D signed by both; upon breach of the Annexure-D undertaking, respondent No.2 may cancel/impound/revoke the passports and initiate criminal proceedings permissible under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Passport Act, 1967.