Gujarat High Court permits ten-year passport renewal while retaining trial court control over travel

The Gujarat High Court has allowed a man facing CBI proceedings to renew his passport for ten years, modifying a trial court order limited to three years. Justice Mool Chand Tyagi held that renewal and permission to travel abroad are distinct matters. The petitioner must obtain prior trial court permission before leaving India, and that court may impose lawful conditions. The Court rejected the objection that the challenge was premature because no renewal application had reached the passport authority. The order concerns passport validity in this case and does not provide unrestricted foreign travel or terminate the pending criminal proceedings.