CHOHAN SUKHWINDER SINGH V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 301 Court of Appeal 8 April 2025 • CAMP171/2024 • 3 min read

2 cases cited (0 HK, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal refused

leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed.

Source: [2025] HKCA 301, Court of Appeal, decided 8 April 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Chow Coram G Lam Coram

Parties (3)

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

Case Significance

In Chohan Sukhwinder Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCA 301, the Court of Appeal reviewed an application for leave to appeal arising from non-refoulement protection screening. Applying section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, the court held that 'leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed.' The application followed earlier Court of First Instance proceedings in Chohan Sukhwinder Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2024] HKCFI 1675 and [2024] HKCFI 2114.

Summary

Chohan Sukhwinder Singh applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the Court of Appeal's dismissal of his non-refoulement judicial review time extension application. The Court found no question of great general or public importance and no prospects of success, and dismissed the notice of motion.

What did the Court of Appeal rule in Chohan Sukhwinder Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 301?

The Court of Appeal held that leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed, applying section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance to a non-refoulement protection claim.