Thevendram, Mr Appucutty v The Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 662

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Immigration - application for refugee status and protection visa refused - application for review - where applicant subject of anonymous allegations - whether allegations caused a failure to address the case put - whether failure to disclose anonymous letter constitutes a failure to act according to the justice and merits of the case. Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 476(1)(a), 476(1)(e), 420(2)(b) Eschetu v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 145 ALR 621 (Referred to) Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 (Referred to) Li v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 144 ALR 179 (Referred to) Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 (Applied) Velmurugu v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1998) 48 ALD 193 (Referred to) Sundararaj v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, unreported, FCA, 13 May 1998, Lindgren J (Referred to) Nicula v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, unreported, FCA, 22 October 1997, Beaumont J (Referred to) Jit v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, unreported, FCA, 15 May 1998, Davies J (Referred to) Claro v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 119 ALR 342 (Referred to) Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 (Applied) Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 144 ALR 567 (Applied) MR APPUCUTTY THEVENDRAM (Applicant) v THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS (Respondent) VG 209 of 1997 FINN J CANBERRA (HEARD IN MELBOURNE) 10 JUNE 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 209 of 1997

BETWEEN: MR APPUCUTTY THEVENDRAM

Applicant