Chowdhury v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 278

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Chowdhury v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 278

IMMIGRATION – review sought on ground of actual bias of Refugee Review Tribunal – absence of prejudgment in relation to finding of many inconsistencies in applicant's written and oral testimony concerning his life's history in Bangladesh – absence of authenticity of documents purporting to have been officially issued in such country of origin – review also sought on ground of non-observance by Tribunal of statutory procedure concerning recording of findings and evidence upon which findings based – decision of RRT sufficiently referred to evidence on which findings of fact made – review application failed on both bases. Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 424(1), 430(1), 476(1)(a), 476(1)(f) Antonio v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1210 applied Bin Amiruddin v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 67 referred to Gooliah v Minister for Citizenship and Immigration (1967) 63 DLR (2d) 224 referred to H v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] 1348 referred to Jia v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 93 FCR 556 applied Kopalapillai v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 86 FCR 547 referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Singh (2000) 98 FCR 469 referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [1999] FCA 1681 cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Israelian [1999] FCA 649 cited N258/00A v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 933 applied Sun v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 81 FCR 71 applied RAFIQUL HOQUE CHOWDHURY v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS N850 of 2000 CONTI J SYDNEY 19 MARCH 2001