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The Ministry of Trade Unions for External Affairs decided to file a proposal for a review that would seek to clarify with regard to the recent decision issued by the Madras High Court that married women do not have to obtain a spouse’s signature in the J Passport application.
On Wednesday (July 2, 2025) appeared before the justice of N. Anand Venkatesh, another general attorney Ar.L. Sundaresan said that passports insist on the spouse’s signature to avoid incorrect practices of getting a passport with false details regarding the name of the husband.
He said there was a memorandum of the office in this sense. “Applicants sometimes gain passports by mentioning the name of a third person as their husband and using the details entered in the passport as evidence elsewhere. That’s why we want to give a review,” he added.
The judge accepted his request and agreed to hear the petition for checking as soon as he was stated on the list.
While he allowed a written petition filed by the applicant from Chennai, a judge on 18 June 2025, he noted that married women could not be considered a cottage belonging to their spouses.
Given that the petitioner faced a divorce case against her husband, the judge pointed out that it would be almost impossible to obtain the signature of her husband in the form of J. He also said that women could not be considered lost individuality after marriage.
Published – 2 July 2025 02:41 IS IS
