Mom’s sign enough for minor’s passport: HC
SagarKumar.Mutha@timesofindia.com 29.12.2024
Hyderabad : Telangana high court recently ruled that a single parent with custody of a minor child can apply for and obtain a passport for the child without needing the signature of the other parent. Allowing a petition filed by a four-year-old girl, represented by her mother, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya set aside the Hyderabad regional passport officer’s missive requiring the woman to provide consent from the child’s father or permission from a court to obtain the pass port for her minor daughter. Justice Bhattacharya found that imposing such a burden on the mother was unnecessary. The petition had challenged the legality of the RPO’s letter. According to Zeeshan Adnan Mahmood, counsel for the minor girl, the woman’s husband deserted her and shifted to the US. He did not contest the mother’s petition for the child’s passport. The woman’s divorce petition is pending before a Hyderabad court, and the father has not sought custody of the child.
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