Rajan v Minister of Immigration - [1996] 3 NZLR 543

Administrative law — Judicial review — Fairness — Whether obligation to disclose prejudicial information prior to revocation of residence permit — Relevant considerations — Whether international obligations required to be taken into account — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 — Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.

Immigration — Residence permit — Revocation — Whether Minister of Immigration under obligation to disclose prejudicial material prior to revocation — Effect of exercise of right of appeal to High Court — Immigration Act 1987, ss 20 and 21.

International law — International covenants and conventions — Whether Minister of Immigration in revoking a residence permit required to take into account international instruments to which New Zealand a party — Observations as to competing factors — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 — Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 — Immigration Act 1987, s 20.

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Child welfare — Revocation of residence permits of parents of child who had residence status in New Zealand — Whether Minister of Immigration required to take into account basic rights of the family and of the child — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 — Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.