Ramarajan v. The Regional Passport Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
Passport; fresh passport application pending criminal case; Cr.No.136 of 2024 Ponnamaravathy Police Station; charge sheet C.C.No.61 of 2024 Judicial Magistrate Court Ponnamaravathy; accused seeking passport; direction to obtain trial Court permission to travel/go abroad; disposal of such application within four weeks; Article 226 mandamus; Regional Passport Officer Tiruchirappalli; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; W.P.(MD)No.5001 of 2026; decided 24.02.2026; R. Vijayakumar J.; writ petition disposed of, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus not issued as prayed; petitioner instead directed to seek the concerned trial Court's permission to go abroad (any such application to be disposed of within four weeks, with the trial Court thereafter to proceed in accordance with law); writ petition disposed of with the above observations and without costs.