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HCAL 2485/2020
[2026] HKCFI 631
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No 2485 of 2020
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BETWEEN
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Saleem Akram |
Applicant |
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Torture Claims Appeal Board/ |
Putative |
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Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office |
Respondent |
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Director of Immigration |
Putative |
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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 (Non-Refoulement Claims) Vincent Lung:
The application for leave to apply for judicial review out of time be dismissed.
Observations for the Applicant:
1. By a Form 86 filed on 22 December 2020, the Applicant applied for leave to apply for judicial review against the decision of the Torture Claims Appeal Board dated 29 August 2019, which affirmed the decision of the Director of Immigration dated 9 December 2016.
2. The Applicant requested for a hearing of this application which he attended. He informed me that he had already obtained residence in Hong Kong and produced a copy of his Hong Kong identity card to me. He informed me that he would wish to withdraw the present application. This is consistent with the Applicant’s earlier letter to the Court dated 6 October 2025.
3. I accede to the withdrawal. As explained in Re Manik Md Mahamudun Nabi [2022] HKCA 471 at [19(1)], there was nothing outstanding in the action. The application (which was brought out of time) is therefore dismissed.
Dated the 16th day of February 2026
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(Gladys Lee)
for Registrar, High Court
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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 16/02/2026
Saleem Akram
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 16/02/2026
Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
USM 5572/16/12/219/P1248
Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.:
QA T/C 2523/15 (formerly RBCZ 2217/14)
Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Officer
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2) |
Form CALL-1
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