New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- 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.

According to a Times of India report, a woman from Vadodara moved court after the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Ahmedabad denied the renewal of her children's passports.

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 communi...