https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303525 A passport authority cannot insist on the biological father's name in a child's first passport application unless a legal requirement expressly mandates it. The Delhi High Court held that the Passport Manual provision relied on was inapplicable because it addressed deletion of a parent's name after divorce, not initial entry of parentage details. The Court emphasised that where the father has abandoned the child or is uninvolved, the child's welfare, identity and autonomy take primacy. It also noted that the online form allowed particulars of the father, mother or legal guardian, and that software could not override legal entitlement. en-us Tue, 17 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 21:28:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303525 A passport authority cannot insist on the biological father's name in a child's first passport application unless a legal requirement expressly mandates it. The Delhi High Court held that the Passport Manual provision relied on was inapplicable because it addressed deletion of a parent's name after divorce, not initial entry of parentage details. The Court emphasised that where the father has abandoned the child or is uninvolved, the child's welfare, identity and autonomy take primacy. It also noted that the online form allowed particulars of the father, mother or legal guardian, and that software could not override legal entitlement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303525