The judgment was passed on a plea moved by a man seeking to get a proper police clearance certificate issued by the regional passport officer in his favour.
The petitioner, employed in Kuwait, was granted a police clearance certificate after he secured bail in a criminal case registered against him in connection with some matrimonial offences.
However, the Embassy of Kuwait refused to accept the certificate since it did not contain a barcode, a scanned photograph, or status of his criminal case.
Even after the petitioner approached the High Court previously and obtained an order directing the authorities to issue a proper certificate, the same was not done. This led to the present petition before the High Court.
Source: Barandbench
