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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Jasbir Singh, RPO Chandigarh, impoundment, Maneka Gandhi)
+metatag-description=(Writ issued against RPO for holding passport without §10 order.)
+metatag-title=(Jasbir Singh v. RPO Chandigarh — 2020 — RTI case law)}}
+====== Jasbir Singh v. RPO Chandigarh ======
+**Jasbir Singh v. RPO Chandigarh** (Punjab & Haryana High Court, 2020-11-08) //CWP-9876-2020// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section Article 226. Writ issued against RPO for holding passport without §10 order. Where the RPO had effectively withheld the passport without issuing a §10 order under the Passports Act, the Court applied Maneka Gandhi v.
+===== Holding =====
+Writ issued against RPO for holding passport without §10 order.
+===== Ratio =====
+Where the RPO had effectively withheld the passport without issuing a §10 order under the Passports Act, the Court applied Maneka Gandhi v. UoI (1978) and directed dispatch within 48 hours. Cost of Rs. 5,000 awarded.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section Article 226
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+Maneka Gandhi 1978 applied; impoundment without §10 order unsustainable.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** CWP-9876-2020
+  * **Court:** Punjab & Haryana High Court
+  * **Date:** 2020-11-08
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** CWP-9876-2020
+===== Related =====
+  * [[:cases:search|RTI Case-Law Search — full corpus]]
+  * [[:pio-faa-knowledge-base|PIO/FAA Knowledge Base]]
+  * [[:pio-supreme-court-rulings|10 landmark Supreme Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:pio-high-court-rulings|High Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:landmark-cic-decisions|Landmark CIC decisions]]
+  * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005 — full text]]
+//Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.// {{tag>rti case-law cases hc-pnh 2020}}

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