KARANDEEP SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 29.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 03.06.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 03.06.2026 + W.P.(CRL.) 709/2025, CRL.M.A. 6538/2025, CRL.M.A. 18766/2025 & CRL.M.A. 32144/2025 KARANDEEP SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan and Mr. Pramod Kumar Dubey, Senior Advocates with Mr. Harshit Sethi, Mr. Gunjan Rishi, Ms. Shreya Sahni, Ms. Mansi Tripathi, Mr. Arya Yadav, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, CGSC with Mr. Aman Sheoran, Senior Prosecutor, Mr. Jatin Dhamija, Mr. Vinayak Aren, Ms. Aishwarya Nigam, Advocates and Ms. Isha Tiwari, LC. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J CRL.M.A. 15232/2026 (interim suspension of LOC to travel abroad i.e., from 09.06.2026 to 23.06.2026) W.P.(CRL.) 709/2025 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:03.06.2026 17:19:11 1. The present application has been filed by the applicant/petitioner seeking suspension of the impugned Look Out Circular (LOC) dated 18.12.2020 to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland during the period from 09.06.2026 to 23.06.2026. 2. It is the case of the applicant that his visit to the aforesaid countries is necessitated for attending the following professional conferences and events: (i) NHS Confed Expo, scheduled on 10.06.2026 and 11.06.2026 at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, United Kingdom; (ii) European Healthcare Design, scheduled from 15.06.2026 to 17.06.2026 at the QEII Centre, Westminster, London, United Kingdom; (iii) International Conference on AI-Driven Data Science in Healthcare (ICIADSH-26), scheduled on 16.06.2026 and 17.06.2026 at Amsterdam, Netherlands;