RINKU V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2024] HKCA 160 Court of Appeal 21 February 2024 • CACV214/2022 • 11 min read

8 cases cited (0 HK, 8 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal allowed

we allow the appeal and make an order that the Judge’s decision dated 19 May 2022 be set aside, and the applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s decision dated 11 October 2018 be remitted to the Court of First Instance for consideration.

Source: [2024] HKCA 160, Court of Appeal, decided 21 February 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Barma Coram G Lam Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent Rinku Applicant

Statutes Cited

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383)

s 8

Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115)

Cases Cited (8)

HK (8)

[2013] 1 HKC 526 [2018] HKCA 524 [2018] HKCA 714 [2018] HKCA 766 [2019] HKCA 1022 [2019] HKCA 50 [2019] HKCA 702 [2022] HKCFI 1352

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 1 later judgment. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCA 778 Court of Appeal

1 September 2025

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2024] HKCA 160)