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HCAL 80/2019
[2021] HKCFI 608
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 80 of 2019
BETWEEN
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Harwinder Pal |
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:
1. The applicant is an Indian national. He is an illegal immigrant. He applied to the Director for non-refoulement claim. By Decision dated 30 October 2017 (“the Director’s Decision”), the Director rejected his application.
2. The applicant appealed to the Board against the Director’s Decision.
3. By the Board’s Decision dated 4 January 2019 (“the Board’s Decision”), the Board rejected his appeal and confirmed the Director’s Decision.
4. The applicant filed Form 86 on 9 January 2019 for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s Decision (“his application”).
5. The applicant filed an affirmation on 9 February 2021 with the Court seeking to cancel his application because his problem in India had been solved.
6. It is clear that the applicant has no intention of proceeding with his application. As such, his application should be dismissed.
7. Accordingly, I accede to the applicant’s request and dismiss his application.
Dated the 12th day of March 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 12 March 2021
Harwinder Pal
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 12 March 2021
Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
USM 9138/17/11/149/IN1719
Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: QA T/C 2357/17 (Formerly RBCZ 10825/16)
Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Officer
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2) |
Form CALL-1
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