Key Points
New Delhi:Last week, the Delhi High Court said that a citizens fundamental right to travel abroad cannot be curtailed through a lookout circular (LOC) in every case where there is a failure to pay a loan...
Justice Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi High Court was hearing a case that sought to quash an LOC issued by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI), an agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) responsible for immigration...
LOCs are notices which restrict individuals from leaving India for specified offences..
An LOC is a notice issued by the Bureau of Immigration to restrict foreign travel of individuals at the request of investigating authorities and public sector banks to prevent such individuals from leaving Indias borders...
The legal liability of the action taken by the immigration authorities in pursuance of the LOC rests with the originating agency, the guidelines make clear.. The power to issue suchOMs and LOCs is sourced from The Passports Act, 1967, the key legislation for the grant of passports, travel documents, and endorsements to travellers at the time of emigration or immigration...
