law: Passports Act, 1967
  6. Refusal of passports, travel documents.
  
  etc.
  (1) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, the passport authority shall refuse to make an endorsement for visiting
  
  any foreign country under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) of
  
  section 5 on any one or more of the following grounds, and no other ground,
  
  namely: -
  (a) that the applicant
  
  may, or is likely to, engage in such country in activities prejudicial to the
  
  sovereignty and integrity of India:
  (b) that the presence
  
  of the applicant in such country may, or is likely to, be detrimental to the
  
  security of India;
  (c) that the presence
  
  of the applicant in such country may, or is likely to, prejudice the friendly
  
  relations of India with that or any other country,
  (d) that in the
  
  opinion of the Central Government the presence of the applicant in such country
  
  is not in the public interest.
  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, the passport authority shall refuse to issue a passport or travel document
  
  for visiting any foreign country under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section
  
  5 on any one or more of the following grounds, and on no other ground, namely:
  
  -
  (a) that the applicant
  
  is not a citizen of India.,
  (b) that the applicant
  
  may, or is likely to, engage outside India in activities prejudicial to the
  
  sovereignty and integrity of India.,
  (c) that the departure
  
  of the applicant from India may, or is likely to, be detrimental to the
  
  security of India;
  (d) that the presence
  
  of the applicant outside India may, or is likely to, prejudice the friendly
  
  relations of India with any foreign country;
  (e) that the applicant
  
  has, at any time during the period of five years immediately preceding the date
  
  of his application, been convicted by a court in India for any offence
  
  involving moral turpitude and sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for
  
  not less than two years;
  (f) that proceedings
  
  in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by the applicant are
  
  pending before a criminal court in India;
  (g) that a warrant or
  
  summons for the appearance, or a warrant for the arrest, of the applicant has
  
  been issued by a court under any law for the time being in force or that an
  
  order prohibiting the departure from India of the applicant has been made by
  
  any such court;
  (h) that the applicant
  
  has been repatriated and has not reimbursed the expenditure incurred in
  
  connection with such repatriation;
  (i) that in the
  
  opinion of the Central Government the issue of a passport or travel document to
  
  the applicant will not be in the public interest.