Kerala High Court Backs Passport Name Deletion Without Divorce Decree
A source capture supporting an article in The Chitragupta Chronicle.
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Visit the source · Bar & Bench ↗Divorce decree not needed to delete ex-spouse's name from passport: Kerala High Court
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The discovery title focused on deletion of an ex-spouse's name from a passport; the captured source does address this topic, but it is a single publisher report rather than an original court document.
Only one readable source was captured and no original judgment was obtained, so independent corroboration is not established.
The report describes the Court's reasoning and the authorities' justification, but the underlying office memorandum and the actual judgment text were not captured.
The date of the ruling is not specified beyond 'recently' in the reporting, and the one-month compliance deadline runs from the Court's direction, not a confirmed start date.
No evidence was captured regarding whether the Regional Passport Officer has complied with or will comply with the direction.
No original document was captured. Available evidence consists of publisher reporting.
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