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

[2026] HKCA 24 Court of Appeal 27 January 2026 • CACV917/2025 • 3 min read

3 cases cited (0 HK, 3 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs.

Source: [2026] HKCA 24, Court of Appeal, decided 27 January 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Anthony Chan Coram H. Au-Yeung Coram

Parties (3)

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

Case Significance

In Ranjeet Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 24, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal with no order as to costs, holding that "the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs." The decision followed the Court of First Instance's ruling in Ranjeet Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 4495, and was itself referred to in the later Ranjeet Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 1160.

Summary

An Indian national appealed against the refusal of leave to apply for judicial review of the Board's decision dismissing his non-refoulement claim. The applicant acted in person. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal for lack of merit.

How did the Court of Appeal rule in Ranjeet Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 24?

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal with no order as to costs, holding that "the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs." The ruling followed the earlier Court of First Instance decision in the same matter, [2025] HKCFI 4495.