The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that an inadvertent mistake in mentioning a divorced spouse’s name in a passport application does not amount to “suppression of material information” under the Passports Act, 1967, and cannot be a ground for revoking the passport. In a judgment delivered on August 25, 2025, Justice Harsh Bunger
Mentioning Divorced Spouse’s Name in Passport Application Not a Ground for Revocation: P&H High Court
