Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
De Silva v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1382
MIGRATION – visa – refusal to grant protection visa – claim of well-founded fear of persecution in Sri Lanka based on past political activities – Refugee Review Tribunal rejected claim on the facts – finding that two letters supporting the claim were contrived and not genuine – attempt to place evidence of genuineness of letters before the Court – whether actual bias – whether no evidence or other material to justify the making of the decision – whether the particular fact that letters supporting the application were not genuine did not exist – whether decision to refuse protection visa a matter of discretion
Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5(1), 36, 476(1)(d), 476(1)(f), 476(1)(g), 476(2)(a), 476(3)(b), 476(3)(c)
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Indatissa [2001] FCA 181 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Jia [2001] HCA 17 (2001) 178 ALR 421 applied SIPKADUWA THUDUWAGE CHANDRASOMA DE SILVA v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS V 74 of 2001 GRAY J 28 SEPTEMBER 2001 MELBOURNE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V 74 of 2001
BETWEEN: SIPKADUWA THUDUWAGE CHANDRASOMA DE SILVA
APPLICANT
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
RESPONDENT
JUDGE: GRAY J
DATE OF ORDER: 28 SEPTEMBER 2001
WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application for judicial review be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceeding. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V 74 of 2001
BETWEEN: SIPKADUWA THUDUWAGE CHANDRASOMA DE SILVA
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