In a landmark ruling, the Gujarat High Court has allowed the renewal of passports of two minor children without requiring consent or a no-objection affidavit from their estranged father.

The decision has provided significant relief to their divorced mother, and single parents in general.

She said that she urgently needed to renew her kid's passport because her elder daughter was scheduled to appear for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) on November 8, which is mandatory for pursuing higher studies in the US.

However, the RPO, in its communication, insisted that a no-objection affidavit from the children's father was a must for the renewal of their passports.

The woman argued that she and her estranged husband had entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) when they divorced in March

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