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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Maneka Gandhi, passport impoundment, Article 21, §10 Passports Act)
+metatag-description=(Impoundment requires written order + fair hearing.)
+metatag-title=(Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India — 1978 — RTI case law)}}
+====== Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India ======
+**Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India** (Supreme Court of India, 1978-01-25) //AIR 1978 SC 597// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section Passports Act §10. Impoundment requires written order + fair hearing. Impoundment of a passport under §10 of the Passports Act 1967 cannot be done arbitrarily.
+===== Holding =====
+Impoundment requires written order + fair hearing.
+===== Ratio =====
+Impoundment of a passport under §10 of the Passports Act 1967 cannot be done arbitrarily. A written order stating the ground and a fair hearing to the passport holder are mandatory under Article 21.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section Passports Act §10
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+Article 21 + procedural fairness; foundational ruling on impoundment.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** AIR 1978 SC 597
+  * **Court:** Supreme Court of India
+  * **Date:** 1978-01-25
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** AIR 1978 SC 597
+===== 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 sc 1978}}

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