The Delhi High Court has directed the reissuing of a minor’s passport after deleting from the travel document the name of his father who “completely deserted†him.
Justice Prathiba M Singh noted that the minor was being brought up by his mother and the father has given up all rights on him. The mother had sought the deletion of the boy’s father’s name from his passport.
She told the court that her husband had deserted her when she was pregnant, and she was now divorced and raising the child as a single parent.
“In the unique and peculiar circumstances of this case, it is accordingly directed that the name of the father of petitioner no.2 (minor) be deleted from the passport and the passport be re-issued in favour of the minor child without the name of the father...Let the new passport be issued (by the passport office concerned) without the name of the father within one week thereafter,†the court said in a recent order.
