Syed Ali v. The Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
In a writ petition under Article 226, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the Embassy at Abu Dhabi to renew the petitioner's expiring passport for six months. The Court allowed the petitioner to seek further relief from the jurisdictional Magistrate upon returning to India.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to get passport renewed for six months by Indian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, and subsequently file a miscellaneous petition before the jurisdictional Magistrate.