JASMINE JANGRA (MINOR, THROUGH HER MOTHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN, SMT. RENU SHARMA) vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6124/2025 Date of decision: 21.05.2026 IN THE MATTER OF:- JASMINE JANGRA (MINOR, THROUGH HER MOTHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN, SMT. RENU SHARMA) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pardeep Sharma, Advocate. Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms Arunima Dwivedi CGSC with Ms Himanshi Singh and Ms Monalisha Pradhan, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition is filed by the minor petitioner, Ms. Jasmine Jangra through her mother Mrs. Renu Sharma, seeking a direction to respondent no.2/Regional Passport Officer, to issue a passport for the petitioner without requiring the consent/signature of her father, Mr. Shyam Sunder Sharma. 2. Apart from the absence of a No-Objection Certificate from the petitioner‟s father, there exists no impediment to the issuance of the petitioner‟s passport. Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEHA CHOPRA Signed Signing Date:26.05.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 20:29:06 KUMAR KAURAV 3. The respondent authorities made sufficient efforts to contact the petitioner‟s father; however, they were unable to establish communication with him. 4. Section 6(2) of the Passports Act, 1967 lays down the provisions under which the passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport. Absence of one parent‟s NOC/signature is not, by itself a statutory ground of refusal. The relevant portion of the statute is reproduced below for clarity:- “6. Refusal of passports, travel documents. etc. (1) …. (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport or travel document for visiting any foreign country under clause(c) of sub-section (2) of section 5 on any one or