SHRAVAN GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 13.02.2026 W.P.(C) 9509/2021 & CM APPL.29494/2021 SHRAVAN GUPTA ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Yudhishter Singh, Mr. Prabhav Ralli, Mr. Saud Khan, Mr. Dev Vrat Arya and Mr. Pulkit Shree, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC and Mr. Anany Shamshary, Advocate for UOI. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Spl. Counsel along with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel, Mr. Kartik Sabharwal and Mr. Chinmay Anand, Advocates for DOE. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, assailing the order/communication dated 03.08.2021 passed by the respondent no.3 under Section 10(3)(b) of the Passports Act, 1967, whereby the petitioner’s passport has been revoked. 2. The Show Cause Notices (SCNs) dated 16.03.2021 and 20.07.2021, leading up to the issuance of the said order/communication dated 03.08.2021, have also been assailed. 3. The present matter has a chequered history. 4. The petitioner was summoned for the first time by the Enforcement 2014. 5. However, the petitioner failed