Singh v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 416

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Singh v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs

[1999] FCA 416

MIGRATION –application for a protection visa – finding by Refugee Review Tribunal that certain documents had been forged – whether tribunal was required to conduct further enquires before making that finding – whether tribunal was required to inform the applicants that a finding of forgery would be made Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 420(2)(b)

Aras v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (unreported, Finkelstein J, 20 March 1998), applied Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379, cited Meadows v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (unreported, 23 December 1998), applied Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559, cited Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Singh (1997) 74 FCR 553, referred to Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259, cited Randhawa v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1994) 52 FCR 437, cited Syan v Refugee Review Tribunal (1995) 61 FCR 284, applied

PARAMJIT SINGH, HARBANS KAUR, RAVINDER SINGH, GURJEET SINGH AND MANDEEP SINGH V MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

NO. VG 138 OF 1998

KAMALJIT KAUR, GURWINDER SINGH V MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

NO. VG 139 OF 1998 JUDGE: FINKELSTEIN J DATE: 14 APRIL 1999

PLACE: MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 138 OF 1998

VG 139 OF 1998

BETWEEN: PARAMJIT SINGH

HARBANS KAUR

RAVINDER SINGH

GURJEET SINGH and

MANDEEP SINGH

Applicants

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

Respondent