Passport Disputes
Moving quickly when a passport is impounded, revoked, or refused without proper cause.
A passport can be impounded, revoked, or refused, and when that happens without proper cause it can stop a person from travelling, working, or studying abroad. We act in these matters before the passport authorities and the courts, and we move quickly, because such cases are usually urgent.
Our work covers writ petitions under the Passports Act, 1967 against the impounding, revocation, or refusal of a passport, applications where issue of a passport is held up by a pending criminal case or a police report, challenges to a Look Out Circular that prevents a person from leaving the country, requests for permission to travel while a case is pending, applications for emergency certificates and short validity documents, and disputes over Overseas Citizen of India and Person of Indian Origin status.
We act for the applicant seeking relief against the authority and advise on the documents and permissions that will satisfy the authority and the court. These matters are taken before the Regional Passport Office, the passport authority, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, and, where required, the Supreme Court of India.
Why SAC Legal
We move quickly because passport matters are usually urgent. We advise on the documents and permissions that will satisfy the authority and the court.
What We Handle
- Writ petitions against passport impoundment and revocation
- Challenges to refusal of passport
- Passport held up by pending criminal case
- Look Out Circular challenges
- Permission to travel while case is pending
- Emergency certificate applications
- OCI and PIO status disputes
- Representation before Regional Passport Office
Courts & Forums
- Regional Passport Office
- High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- Supreme Court of India
Speak with our team
For advice on a passport disputes matter, contact SAC Legal today.