impounding of passports
rajamohan rengaraj
(Querist) 11 October 2010
This query is : Resolved
Hai to everybody , My friend and his wife was living separately for the past 3 years in the mean while my friend married his cousin who is a Singaporean before getting divorce from his 1st wife. Now his 1st wife filed a criminal case against him U/S 498-A I.P.C before the J.M and a h.m.o.p for restitution of conjugal rights before the family court. Bending the above case she now seeking a writ of mandamus under Art 226 to impound my passport under the ground that i got the passport as fraudulently from the authorities. But he has not do that so for, the allegations are baseless.Can the passport authorities impound my passport on the basis of the above said allegations?
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 11 October 2010
Only the Passport Authority has got riht to impound the Passport if there is nay material irregularity.
