IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11108 of 2011 Date of decision:19.07.2011 Sarbjit Kaur ...Petitioner versus Union of India and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Maharaj Kumar, Advocate, for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. Counsel for the Union of India on instructions states that they will have no objection to the petitioner being permitted to go abroad subject, however, to any condition that the Court might impose. The petitioner's counsel states that there is already a case pending before the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jagraon, and the petitioner will approach the said Court for appropriate directions. The impugned letters under Annexures P-3 and P-5 are quashed on the ground that the passport office will not join issue with a private dispute between the husband and wife. A demand for surrendering the passport contained through the impugned notice is also quashed. Civil Writ Petition No.11108 of 2011 - 2 - 2. The writ petition is disposed of, granting the liberty to the petitioner to approach the Court before which the case is pending to secure permission to leave the country and when such an application is moved, the Magistrate will take a decision in accordance with law. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 19.07.2011 sanjeev