Jammu, Feb. 12 -- The high court (HC) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh held that a passport cannot be denied to a person merely for the involvement of his brother in militancy activities and a person's activities should form the basis for issuance of passport.

Allowing a petition filed by Mohammad Amir Malik, 29, a youth of Ramban district, justice MA Chowdhary on Tuesday directed the additional director general of police (ADGP), CID, to re-submit verification report of a youth from Ramban district for a passport.

"The CID ADGP to re-submit the report, uninfluenced by the conduct or activities of the brother of the petitioner as well as his father to regional passport officer (RPO) within four weeks," justice Chowdhary observed, adding "th...