https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398720 A passport impounding order affecting civil rights must be justified by the reasons recorded in the impounding memo itself, and those reasons cannot later be replaced by a fresh justification. Here, the stated basis was that the holder had been declared a proclaimed person, but that basis had ceased after appearance before the criminal court, grant of bail, and dropping of proclamation proceedings. The passport authority also failed to give prior notice or hearing despite the requirement to supply reasons under the governing provision. The impounding action was therefore unsustainable, and relief to the passport holder was upheld. en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:04:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398720 A passport impounding order affecting civil rights must be justified by the reasons recorded in the impounding memo itself, and those reasons cannot later be replaced by a fresh justification. Here, the stated basis was that the holder had been declared a proclaimed person, but that basis had ceased after appearance before the criminal court, grant of bail, and dropping of proclamation proceedings. The passport authority also failed to give prior notice or hearing despite the requirement to supply reasons under the governing provision. The impounding action was therefore unsustainable, and relief to the passport holder was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398720