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Woman ordered to furnish govt school for passport default
- •The Delhi High Court directed a 64-year-old woman to procure furniture or items worth Rs 2 lakh for a government school after she failed to deposit her passport for over two years, despite a 2024 trial court order.
- •The woman's senior counsel apologized for the "inadvertent lapse," stating she had no intention to benefit from not surrendering her passport.
- •Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav granted relief considering her age, apology, lack of foreign travel during the period, and the acceptance of her surrendered passport.
- •The petitioner volunteered to supply furniture and other required items to a government school as a "kind measure of accountability," which the court accepted.
- •The woman was granted anticipatory bail in 2024 in a case under Section 306 IPC concerning the death of her alleged employee by suicide in 2020, with a condition to deposit her passport "forthwith."
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The Delhi High Court ordered the 64-year-old woman to procure essential furniture or items worth Rs 2 lakh for a government school as a accountable measure after she failed to deposit her passport for over two years despite a 2024 trial court direction during anticipatory bail proceedings.
The woman sought permission to travel to the United States to attend her son's wedding. Her counsel apologized for the inadvertent lapse of failing to surrender her passport for over 27 months, noting that the passport was eventually surrendered to the trial court in August.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav allowed the petitioner to travel abroad after she volunteered to supply Rs 2 lakh worth of furniture to a government school in NCT of Delhi as a measure of community accountability. She must complete the donation within four weeks of returning to India and surrender her passport back to the trial court.
