Gupta, 52, is suing the Home Affairs director-general for the "unlawful" failure to grant him a new South African passport.
UGupta, oneminyaka engama-52, umangalela uMqondisi-Jikelele woMnyango Wezasekhaya ngokwehluleka "ukwenza ngokungekho emthethweni" kokumnika iphasiphothi entsha yaseNingizimu Afrika.