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HCAL 3457/2019
[2021] HKCFI 1466
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 3457 of 2019
BETWEEN
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Kumari Puja |
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 |
Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)
Following;
Order by Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung:
Leave to apply for Judicial Review be dismissed.
Observations for the Applicant:
THE APPLICATION
1. The applicant is an Indian national. She is an illegal immigrant. She applied to the Director of Immigration Department for non-refoulement claim.
2. The Director rejected her claim and she appealed to the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office (“the Board”). The Board refused her appeal.
3. The applicant filed Form 86 dated 21 November 2019 for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s Decision (“her application”).
4. The applicant filed an affirmation on 6 May 2021 and said that she had her Immigration Department visa now.
5. In the circumstances, it is clear that the applicant has no intention of proceeding with her application, which should be dismissed.
CONCLUSION
6. Accordingly, I accede to her request and dismiss her application.
Dated the 31st day of May 2021
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(M.O. WONG)(Ms) |
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for Registrar, High Court |
Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence
Notes for the Applicant:
If leave has been granted, the Applicant or the Applicant’s solicitors must: |
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a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted (Order 53, rule 4A);
b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and
c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)). |
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Sent to the Applicant
on 31 May 2021
Kumari Puja
Applicant’s ref. no:
Nil. |
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Sent to the Putative Respondent / the Putative Respondent’s solicitors / such Putative Interested Parties as may be directed by the Court / the Putative Interested Parties’ solicitors on 31 May 2021
Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
USM 12775/18/8/45/IN2539
Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: RBCL 727/2015 (CZ)
Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Officer
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2) |
Form CALL-1
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