Maneka Redux? Prashant Bhushan moves Delhi High Court after Ministry of External Affairs gives him passport valid for only one year

Maneka Redux? Prashant Bhushan moves Delhi High Court after Ministry of External Affairs gives him passport valid for only one year

The Delhi High Court issued notice on a petition by Advocate Prashant  Bhushan wherein Bhushan had challenged the denial of passport of full validity, merely because of a pending criminal case. Justice Rajiv Shakder, while issuing notice, stated that “If a court impounds the passport or puts restrictions on foreign travel, then only can the validity of the passport be restricted.”

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