Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1224/2025 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 September 2025 before Hon Coleman J.
Judicial review – Leave to apply – Immigration – Extension of stay – Humanitarian grounds – Director of Immigration – Discrimination – Custody – Wednesbury unreasonableness – Bill of Rights Ordinance s.11 – Facts: Applicant Pakistani national, dependant visa expired, applied for extension on own merits, refused, reconsideration refused, no valid stay. Issues: Whether Director has legal duty to consider humanitarian grounds, whether decision unreasonable, whether discrimination occurred, whether custody proceedings necessitate stay. Outcome: Application for leave dismissed, no order as to costs.
Legal issues: Duty to consider humanitarian grounds · Wednesbury unreasonableness · Alleged discrimination · Custody proceedings necessity
Outcome: Application for leave to apply for judicial review dismissed.
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