https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190509 A passport authority cannot withhold or detain a passport merely on the basis of police intimation or alleged past association when no action has been taken under the Passports Act, 1967. Adverse action affecting a passport must be supported by statutory power and taken only in the manner authorised by law, with the prescribed procedure followed. On that basis, the withholding of the passport was held unjustified and the petitioner was entitled to return of the passport. en-us Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:57:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190509 A passport authority cannot withhold or detain a passport merely on the basis of police intimation or alleged past association when no action has been taken under the Passports Act, 1967. Adverse action affecting a passport must be supported by statutory power and taken only in the manner authorised by law, with the prescribed procedure followed. On that basis, the withholding of the passport was held unjustified and the petitioner was entitled to return of the passport. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190509