Syed v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 214

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Syed v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs

[2000] FCA 214

AZMATULLAH SYED v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS N 1388 of 1999 SACKVILLE J SYDNEY 1 MARCH 2000

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 1388 of 1999

BETWEEN: AZMATULLAH SYED

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: SACKVILLE J

DATE OF ORDER: 1 MARCH 2000

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application be dismissed, with costs. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 1388 of 1999

BETWEEN: AZMATULLAH SYED

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: SACKVILLE J

DATE: 1 MARCH 2000

PLACE: SYDNEY

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 The applicant is an Indian citizen, aged 30, who arrived in Australia on 29 June 1996. He seeks an order for review of a decision of the respondent ("the Minister") said to have been made on 2 November 1999, to deny the applicant a protection visa. In fact, the decision of 2 November 1999 was made by the Refugee Review Tribunal ("RRT"). By that decision, the RRT affirmed a decision of the Minister's delegate to refuse to grant a protection visa to the applicant. The representative for the Minister has been content to treat the application as one for review of the decision of the RRT. 2 The application for review does not identify with any clarity the basis on which the applicant says that the decision of the RRT is liable to be set aside. However, the applicant has filed written submissions in which he asserts that the RRT made an error of law and that its decision is liable to be set aside pursuant to s 476(1)(e) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The applicant appeared at the hearing without legal representation.