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

[2025] HKCFI 5958 Court of First Instance 19 December 2025 • HCAL527/2021 • 5 min read

5 cases cited (0 HK, 5 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal dismissed

leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed.

Source: [2025] HKCFI 5958, Court of First Instance, decided 19 December 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (1)

Jeffrey Chau Coram

Parties (3)

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

Summary

The applicant, a Pakistani citizen, sought leave to apply for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision rejecting his non-refoulement claim. He claimed to fear harm from the family of a woman he had a love affair with, whose father was a local councillor and PTI member. The application for leave was dismissed.

Cases Cited (5)

HK (5)

(2007) 10 HKCFAR 676 [2018] HKCA 14 [2018] HKCA 524 [2022] HKCA 135 [2023] HKCA 948

Judgment

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