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CAMP 546/2022, [2023] HKCA 675
On Appeal From [2023] HKCA 398
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF APPEAL
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO 546 OF 2022
(ON AN INTENDED APPEAL FROM HCAL NO 690 OF 2019)
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PARMINDER SINGH |
Applicant |
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TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE |
Putative Respondent |
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DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION Putative |
Interested Party |
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Hon Barma and G Lam JJA in Court |
| Date of Judgment: |
1 June 2023 |
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J U D G M E N T
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Hon G Lam JA (giving the Judgment of the Court):
1. This is an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”). The applicant’s claim for non-refoulement protection in Hong Kong was rejected by the Director of Immigration and by the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office (“Board”). His application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s decision was dismissed by the Court of First Instance. His application for extension of time to appeal against that decision was dismissed by this Court in our judgment dated 28 March 2023.
2. By Notice of Motion filed on 14 April 2023, the applicant seeks leave to appeal against our judgment to the CFA. In that document the applicant merely stated that he did not get justice and wants to go to the CFA. The applicant did not lodge any written submissions despite the directions for the Registrar of Civil Appeals for him to do so.
3. There is no reason for us to depart from the usual practice of determining an application of this kind on the basis of the available materials without an oral hearing, as set out in paragraph 3 of Practice Direction 2.1.
4. We take the view that this application ought to be dismissed because the applicant has not shown that the intended appeal raises any question which, by reason of its great general or public importance, or otherwise, ought to be submitted to the CFA for decision (which is the condition for giving leave to appeal under section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, Cap 484), and also because he has failed to show any prospects of success in the intended appeal.
5. Accordingly, the Notice of Motion is dismissed.
(Aarif Barma)
Justice of Appeal |
(Godfrey Lam)
Justice of Appeal |
The Applicant, unrepresented, acting in person
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