Can government issued cards be kept as indemnity with someone else?

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Can government issued cards be kept as indemnity with someone else?

14-Mar-2023 (In Civil Law)

Can government issued id-cards (voter card, pan card, passport, driving license etc.) can be kept as an indemnity with some one else. In my housing society a rule has been made by the association that any visitor who is entering the society has to keep his/her original government issued id-card as an indemnity and then only visitor pass will be issued to them, this is in spite of the fact that resident acknowledges that the visitor is genuine. I believe these cards are non transferable and can be held only by the user or can be taken back by the issuing department, others can only keep Xerox.

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LawRato LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-16T06:36:00+05:30

This may be a practice being followed by your society. There is no hard and fast rules about it nor there is any prescribing this practice. Your society might have passed a resolution t follow such procedures for the purpose security of all the residents of the premises.You can verify that whether this practice has the approval of the association which was passed in a general body meeting properly and has been included i the bye laws of the society, if not you can very well question the authority bout this , if you dont get a proper reply or if you confirm that there is no such ruling in this regard and it is beiong done on somebody's behest, you may issue a legal notice to the secretary to curb such illegal practices immediately or else to face the music of law that may follow.