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HCAL 3435/2019
[2021] HKCFI 1220
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 3435 of 2019
BETWEEN
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Rai Bishnu Kumari |
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 a Nepalese 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 on 20 November 2019 for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s Decision (“her application”).
4. The applicant then filed an affirmation dated 1 April 2021 and said that she wanted to close her case because she wanted to go back to her country.
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 10th 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 10 May 2021
Rai Bishnu Kumari
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 10 May 2021
Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
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Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: INCL 1277/2017
Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Officer
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2) |
Form CALL-1
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