SDAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs; Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v SBBK [2003] FCAFC 129

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SDAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v SBBK [2003] FCAFC 129 MIGRATION – Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - jurisdictional error – privative clause - jurisdiction of Refugee Review Tribunal ('Tribunal') – failure of Tribunal to address a central element of the visa applicants' claims – visa applicants Iranian women subject to domestic violence – interpretation of phrase 'well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of membership of a particular social group' – discriminatory inactivity of State authorities Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 65(1), 474(1) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s 15A Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Khawar [2002] 187 ALR 574 cited NAAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2002) 193 ALR 449 not followed The King v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 cited Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] 195 ALR 24 followed R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 cited Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Applicants S134/2002 (2003) 195 ALR 1 cited NAEB of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 25 cited Zahid v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 24 cited NALU of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 31 cited Applicant NAOB of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 33 cited SDAH v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 49 cited SCAT v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 80 cited SBBG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 121 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v SCAR [2003] FCAFC 126 cited Lobo v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 144 disapproved Koulaxazov v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 75 not followed NACP v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 499 cited Craig v The State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 cited Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26 cited Khawar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 168 ALR 190 cited