Passport after 2 yrs: HC orders relief for applicant

The Gujarat National Law Institute student,whose family is based in Gurgaon,had applied for passport in 2009 to attend moot court sessions abroad.

But he did not hear from the passport authorities for over a year. His passport application’s status online showed that the officer at the passport office needed to be contacted as there were some issues related to verification.

Later,Shantanu was asked by the passport office to pay a fine of Rs 500 for mentioning a wrong address. His visits to the passport office continued for two years,with authorities pointing several lacunae in the application.

Subsequently,Shantanu’s father G S Chaturvedi,a High Court lawyer,moved court.