‘Expedite cop clearance for Canada move’

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Friday directed the Regional Passport Office and the consul general of India to process Palak Patel’s application for police clearance certificate so that she could further pursue her citizenship process in Canada.

Justice Ilesh Vora has ordered authorities to process Patel’s request for PCC within 15 days on receipt of the order. The court directed so after it came to know that Patel’s husband and in-laws have filed a complaint of breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy against her with Mansa police, which have not registered it as an FIR. The police have already issued verification certificate to Patel after she approached the HC against police inaction.

According to Patel’s advocate Nilay Patel, she went to Canada in 2016 on a work visa.

She did not return to India since then and applied for permanent residence. When the process was initiated and immigration authorities sought a clearance certificate from police, Patel’s husband and in-laws objected to the process and the cops did not issue any certificate. The court made consul general of India a party in this proceeding because intervention was found to be necessary as the petitioner had filed her application for permanent residence of Canada in Toronto.


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