Abdul Mubeen Noor Mohamed v. the Regional Passport Officer
MADRAS HIGH COURT – W.P.No.3461 of 2025, decided 12.03.2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Passport re-issue withheld due to adverse report while Criminal Case C.C.No.597 of 2024 pending before Judicial Magistrate, Vedaranyam; Article 226 mandamus before Madras High Court against Regional Passport Officer, Tiruchirappalli; proposition relied on: pendency of a criminal case need not be a bar to issue/re-issue of passport, but applicant must get permission of the concerned court before travelling abroad; source precedent: The Regional Passport Officer, Chennai v. Samsudeen Mohamed Salih and Anr., W.A.No.902 of 2023 (02.06.2023); writ allowed 12.03.2025 by Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy; keywords: passport re-issue, adverse police verification report, pending criminal case, permission of trial court for foreign travel, File No.TR1077050335924.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition allowed: (i) first respondent to consider the application dated 22.10.2024 (File No.TR1077050335924) dehors the pendency of the criminal case and re-issue the passport if there is no other impediment; (ii) petitioner to obtain permission of the Judicial Magistrate, Vedaranyam in C.C.No.597 of 2024 before travelling abroad; (iii) no order as to costs.