Bhattacharya v Minister For Police, NSW & Ors [2001] NSWCA 109

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Bhattacharya v Minister For Police, NSW & Ors [2001] NSWCA 109 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40213/99; 40346/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 April 2001

Pranay Kumar Bhattacharya (Appellant)

v

NSW Minister For Police (First Respondent)

Police Commissioner of New South Wales PARTIES : (Second Respondent)

Commissioner, NSW Department of Corrective Services (Third Respondent)

NSW Minister For Health (Fourth Respondent)

Director General, NSW Health Department (Fifth Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Davies AJA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT 2151/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : 20241/99 LOWER COURT Young J and Hidden J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : A: Unrepresented Rs: Ms C Ronalds SOLICITORS : A: In person Rs: I V Knight, Crown Solicitors Office CATCHWORDS : Practice - Pleadings - striking out - no reasonable cause of action - abuse of process. Mental Health Act 1990, s285 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s545 Crown Proceedings Act 1998 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 15 r 26 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Bhattacharya v Hamilton [2000] NSWSC 102 CASES CITED: Bhattacharya v Director-General of Department of Education and Training [2000] NSWCA 74 B v Medical Superintendent, Nepean Hospital (unrep, 11/5/94) Bhattacharya v The Medical Superintendent, Nepean Hospital (NSWCA, unrep, 8/8/94) DECISION : Dismissed. See paragraph 26.