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Chaudhry, R (on the application of) v Special Adjudicator & Anor, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, January 26, 2000, [2000] EWHC Admin 62









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Neutral Citation Number: [2001] EWHC Admin 62
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CO 2888/00
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
(ADMINISTRATIVE COURT)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2

Friday 26th January 2000
B e f o r e:
MR JUSTICE OUSELEY
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ON THE APPLICATION OF CHAUDHRY
-v-
SPECIAL ADJUDICATOR
and
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
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MISS P CHANDRAN (instructed by Chhokar & Co, WC2A 2LL) appeared on behalf of the Claimant.
MR S KOVATS (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor London SW1H 9JS) appeared on behalf of the Defendant.
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J U D G M E N T
(As approved)
Crown Copyright

JUDGMENT
MR JUSTICE OUSELEY:
Introduction:
1. Mr Chaudhry, the claimant, an Indian national, challenges by way of judicial review a decision given by the Special Adjudicator on 5th July 2000. By that decision she dismissed the claimant's appeal from the refusal of his asylum claim by the Secretary of State for the Home Department given on 11th February 2000. The Secretary of State also certified the claim under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993, as amended, because India is designated as a country in which, in general, there is no serious risk of persecution. He also refused the claimant leave to enter the United Kingdom.
2. The claimant sought asyl...
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