https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190508 A direction to surrender a passport cannot stand unless the passport has first been revoked or validly impounded under the Passport Act. The statutory scheme treats variation, impounding and revocation as distinct ures, and any order impounding or revoking a passport must record reasons and follow the prescribed notice and show-cause procedure in accordance with natural justice. Because the passport here had neither been revoked nor validly impounded, the surrender direction lacked statutory authority and was unsustainable. The writ petition accordingly succeeded and the impugned direction was set aside. en-us Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:51:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190508 A direction to surrender a passport cannot stand unless the passport has first been revoked or validly impounded under the Passport Act. The statutory scheme treats variation, impounding and revocation as distinct ures, and any order impounding or revoking a passport must record reasons and follow the prescribed notice and show-cause procedure in accordance with natural justice. Because the passport here had neither been revoked nor validly impounded, the surrender direction lacked statutory authority and was unsustainable. The writ petition accordingly succeeded and the impugned direction was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190508