DAVINDER SINGH V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD

[2026] HKCFI 1151 Court of First Instance 25 February 2026 • HCAL247/2021 • 8 min read
5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Practice Areas

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance Immigration Ordinance

Judges (1)

Bruno Chan Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board Putative Respondent Davinder Singh Applicant

Summary

The applicant, a 47-year-old Indian national who converted from Catholicism to Sikhism, applied for leave to seek judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision rejecting his non-refoulement claim based on fear of harm from his family and relatives for his religious conversion. He was absent at the hearing. Leave to apply for judicial review was refused.

Statutes Cited

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383)
Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115)

Cases Cited (5)

HK (5)
[2013] 1 HKC 526 [2018] HKCA 246 [2018] HKCA 328 [2018] HKCA 400 [2018] HKCA 524

Judgment

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