HC puts rider for issuing passport
CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 00:00 IST
Asks him to get trial courts’ permission to travel abroad
The Madras High Court on Monday directed Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, to issue a passport to former lottery baron S. Martin on condition that he disclose details of all criminal cases pending against him across the country besides obtaining permission from trial courts concerned for going abroad.
Justice R. Mahadevan issued the direction on a writ petition challenging the RPO’s February 10, 2017 order refusing to issue a passport. Senior counsel P.S. Raman, representing the petitioner, contended that his client owned properties worth thousands of crores. So, there need not be any fear of absconding.
However, on his part, Central government senior standing counsel N. Ramesh brought it to the notice of the court that the petitioner had not disclosed details of all criminal cases pending against him even in the affidavit sworn in support of the present writ petition which was pending since last year.
During the last hearing of the case, the petitioner provided a list of cases pending against him and it contained details of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case pending against him in Kochi. It was brought to the notice of the court that Section 6(2) (f) read with Section 5(2) (c) of the Passports Act of 1967 empowers the RPOs to refuse issuance of passports to those who were facing criminal cases before courts of law and the constitutional validity of those provisions had been upheld by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in 2016.
CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 00:00 IST
Asks him to get trial courts’ permission to travel abroad
The Madras High Court on Monday directed Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, to issue a passport to former lottery baron S. Martin on condition that he disclose details of all criminal cases pending against him across the country besides obtaining permission from trial courts concerned for going abroad.
Justice R. Mahadevan issued the direction on a writ petition challenging the RPO’s February 10, 2017 order refusing to issue a passport. Senior counsel P.S. Raman, representing the petitioner, contended that his client owned properties worth thousands of crores. So, there need not be any fear of absconding.
However, on his part, Central government senior standing counsel N. Ramesh brought it to the notice of the court that the petitioner had not disclosed details of all criminal cases pending against him even in the affidavit sworn in support of the present writ petition which was pending since last year.
During the last hearing of the case, the petitioner provided a list of cases pending against him and it contained details of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case pending against him in Kochi. It was brought to the notice of the court that Section 6(2) (f) read with Section 5(2) (c) of the Passports Act of 1967 empowers the RPOs to refuse issuance of passports to those who were facing criminal cases before courts of law and the constitutional validity of those provisions had been upheld by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in 2016.
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