Chinnari Venkata Rao v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; W.P.(C) No.25437 of 2025; Chinnari Venkata Rao v. Union of India and Another; Justice Sashikanta Mishra; order dated 19.09.2025. Fresh passport application held up by passport authorities due to pending criminal case; court holds criminal-case pendency is not an absolute bar to passport grant/renewal; NOC route under Government of India notification GSR No. 570(E); petitioner directed to seek NOC from concerned criminal Court within ten days, Court to decide within two weeks. Keywords: passport, NOC, criminal case pendency, GSR 570(E), writ disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to approach the concerned criminal Court for grant of NOC; if the application is made within ten days, the criminal Court is to consider it in terms of the Government of India notification (GSR No. 570(E)) and pass appropriate orders within two weeks thereafter.