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

[2026] HKCA 629 Court of Appeal 5 May 2026 • CACV269/2025 • 3 min read

1 cases cited (0 HK, 1 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal refused

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

Source: [2026] HKCA 629, Court of Appeal, decided 5 May 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Chow Coram H. Au-Yeung Coram

Parties (3)

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

Case Significance

Waqas Muhammad v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 629 is a Court of Appeal decision arising from a non-refoulement claim, following the Court of First Instance's earlier ruling in Waqas Muhammad v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 1687. In [2026] HKCA 629, the Court of Appeal held that "leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed."

What did the Court of Appeal decide in Waqas Muhammad v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2026] HKCA 629?

In Waqas Muhammad v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 629, the Court of Appeal held that leave to appeal was refused and the Notice of Motion was dismissed, following the earlier Court of First Instance ruling in [2025] HKCFI 1687.