RE TAMANG JANAK KUMARI

[2026] HKCA 981 Court of Appeal 19 May 2026 • CACV214/2026 • 11 min read
8 cases cited (0 HK, 8 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

we dismiss the appeal.

Source: [2026] HKCA 981, Court of Appeal, decided 19 May 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Parties (1)

Case Significance

RE TAMANG JANAK KUMARI [2026] HKCA 981 records the Court of Appeal's dismissal of an appeal from TAMANG JANAK KUMARI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2026] HKCFI 1039. Delivered on 19 May 2026, the court held 'we dismiss the appeal.' The judgment draws on the Court of Appeal's earlier non-refoulement jurisprudence, citing [2018] HKCA 524, [2018] HKCA 714, [2019] HKCA 50, [2019] HKCA 1022, [2018] HKCA 14, [2018] HKCA 15 and [2018] HKCA 17.

What was the outcome of RE TAMANG JANAK KUMARI [2026] HKCA 981?

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal from TAMANG JANAK KUMARI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2026] HKCFI 1039, affirming the lower court's decision and stating in its disposition that it would dismiss the appeal.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (8)

HK (8)
[2018] HKCA 14 [2018] HKCA 15 [2018] HKCA 17 [2018] HKCA 524 [2018] HKCA 714 [2019] HKCA 1022 [2019] HKCA 50 [2026] HKCFI 1039

Judgment

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Read on HKLII

Source: HKLII ([2026] HKCA 981)