Single-judge Justice Amit Rawal noted that numerous single-parents in the midst of marital dispute have been forced to approach the court to secure an order in order to get passports re-issued to their children despite filling up the necessary forms.
“The officers at the helm of affairs exercising the powers for issuing the passport are supposed to deal with the application in a pragmatic and reasonable manner, but should not reject the application in the manner and mode as extracted above. Knowing fully well that this Court would have expressed concern with regard to the spate of litigation and may come down heavily on the action of the respondents, in anticipation of that processed the application of the petitioner, but for redressal of the grievance, is impelled to shell out litigation expenses,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
