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Passport can carry stepfather’s name sans judicial orders: HC
Father’s name not needed for passport, Delhi HC says
Govt won’t accept handwritten passports from Wednesday (25.11.2015)
PUNE: Passport process made simple for govt employees
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Passport can carry stepfather’s name sans judicial orders: HC
Tribuneindia.com
Chandigarh, November 22, 2016
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that a judicial order was not required for including the stepfather’s name in a child’s passport. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain also overruled objections by the passport authorities on mentioning a stepfather’s name after ruling that he was the child’s legal guardian for all intents and purposes.
The development is significant as the passport authorities were insisting that the stepfather’s name can be mentioned only after he is appointed a legal guardian by the court. …
Father’s name not needed for passport, Delhi HC says
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 20, 2016
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has held that in certain cases, mother’s name is sufficient for a child to apply for a passport, especially because a single woman can be a natural guardian as well as a parent. …
Govt won’t accept handwritten passports from Wednesday (25.11.2015)
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: From Wednesday, the government will stop considering handwritten passports from Indian citizens. …
PUNE: Passport process made simple for govt employees TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jun 1, 2015
PUNE: A new ‘prior intimation’ feature introduced by the ministry of external affairs for government servants and public sector undertakings/ autonomous body employees seeking passports is expected to simplify the procedure for them. …
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Soon, passport authorities to verify applicant identity with Aadhaar database TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
PUNE: The inter-linking of Aadhaar numbers with the passport issuance process is set to become a reality. …
Passport rules on including father’s name being revised: Centre TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Feb 23, 2015
MUMBAI: The union government on Monday told the Bombay high court the passport authorities are compiling various judgements to re-formulate the mandatory rule regarding the inclusion of biological father’s name by an applicant in the passport application form. …
Madras HC: Passports should have provision to name stepparent TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 25, 2015
CHENNAI: Holding that relationships constantly get redefined and legal issues become more complex as society evolves, the Madras high court has said passport applications must have suitable columns to indicate names of biological parents or adoptive parents or stepparents, or all of them, as the situation demands. …
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