Overview

• Hindustan Times’ review of Federal Court records counts at least 30 dismissals this year in Khalistan-linked asylum or removal appeals, with only four appeals upheld.
• On September 6 in Toronto, Justice Avvy Yao-Yao Go denied Pardeep Singh’s motion to stay his removal during a judicial-review challenge.
• On August 27 in Vancouver, Justice Guy Regimbald deemed claims tied to Sikhs for Justice speculative and said a Khalistan referendum voting card was insufficient to establish a high profile.
• On August 25 in Montreal, Judge Benoit M. Duchesne upheld IRB and RAD decisions, calling an Indian couple’s pro-Khalistan persecution argument disingenuous.
• The case tally reflects only publicly available Federal Court judgments and does not necessarily capture administrative decisions or unpublished rulings.