{"id":41670,"date":"2016-02-26T09:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41670"},"modified":"2016-02-26T09:40:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:10:06","slug":"only-passport-authority-to-decide-on-renewing-document-delhi-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/only-passport-authority-to-decide-on-renewing-document-delhi-court","title":{"rendered":"Only passport authority to decide on renewing document : Delhi Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_37613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37613\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/passport.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37613\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/confirming-all-docs-in-passport-process-cumbersome-govt-to-hc\/passport-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/passport.png?fit=269%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"269,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"passport\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/passport.png?fit=269%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/passport.png?fit=269%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/passport.png?resize=269%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Only passport authority to decide on renewing document : Delhi Court\" width=\"269\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only passport authority to decide on renewing document : Delhi Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The discretion to renew passport lies with passport authorities and the trial court should not have objected to it, a sessions court has said while allowing the plea of a rape accused seeking renewal of his expired passport.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions court allowed the revision petition of the man, a doctor by profession, and set aside the magisterial court order which had dismissed his application for renewal of passport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ndtvrelcontent\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Since the petitioner has only sought for renewal\/issuance of the passport, the dismissal of his application on the ground that it is pre-mature ought not to have been done,&#8221; District and Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The discretion to renew\/issue the passport lies within the realm of the passport authorities under the Passport Act and as such the trial court ought to have issued no objection qua the renewal\/issuance of the passport,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>The police, had however, opposed issuance of a renewed passport to him while submitting that he was facing trial\u00a0 under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), hence, a condition be\u00a0 imposed that he should not leave the country without informing the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court noted the submission of the counsel for the accused that the man had already secured an unconditional bail and &#8220;this court cannot look into such pleas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions judge said, &#8220;Considering the facts and circumstances, the revision petition is allowed. The trial court to issue a &#8216;no objection&#8217; for the renewal\/issuance of the passport of the petitioner and if court in its wisdom\u00a0 thinks it proper that such a condition ought be imposed, I leave it to the trial court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discretion to renew passport lies with passport authorities and the trial court should not have objected to it, a sessions court has said while allowing the plea of a rape accused seeking renewal of his expired passport. 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