MR SUMON ALIAS MOHAMMAD RAHMAN SUMON V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD

[2025] HKCA 304 Court of Appeal 8 April 2025 • CAMP202/2024 • 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 304, 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 Putative Respondent Mr Sumon Applicant

Case Significance

In Mr Sumon alias Mohammad Rahman Sumon v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 304, the Court of Appeal considered an application for leave to appeal in a non-refoulement matter. 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 Mr Sumon alias Mohammad Rahman Sumon v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 1176 and Mr Sumon v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 2317.

Summary

Mr Sumon (alias Mohammad Rahman Sumon) 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 dismissed the notice of motion.

What was the outcome in Mr Sumon alias Mohammad Rahman Sumon v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 304?

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