Having a father’s name on a minor’s passport is not a compulsion now, as only a mother’s name can be enough for the identity proof, Delhi High Court said recently.
Having a father’s name on a minor’s passport is not a compulsion now, as only a mother’s name can be enough for the identity proof, Delhi High Court said recently.
The direction came while deciding a petition in favour of a single mother, noting that the Passport Manual 2020 recognises several conditions allowing the exclusion of the father’s name from the travel document.
A woman filed a plea who contended that since she is a single parent and the father has abandoned the child, authorities should not insist that the father’s name be mentioned on the child’s passport.
Justice Pratibha M Singh, in her April 19 judgement, said that under special situations of matrimonial discord between parents, a child’s passport application may have to be considered by the authorities.