Kumar v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FC 1108

Date: 20030926

Docket: IMM-3804-03

Citation: 2003 FC 1108

Montréal, Quebec, September 26, 2003

Present:           RICHARD MORNEAU, ESQ., PROTHONOTARY

BETWEEN:

                                                                    SANJIV KUMAR

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                                                  THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

                                                              AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

Motion in writing by the Respondent for an order striking the Applicant's notice of Application for leave and for judicial review.

                                               REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

[1]                 The Court is satisfied that the motion herein can be decided without an oral hearing on the basis of the written material submitted so far.

[2]                 The Applicant has filed an Application for leave and for judicial review against a decision of the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board (RPD), denying his claim for refugee protection.

[3]                 The RPD has subsequently allowed an Application by the Applicant to have his claim for refugee protection reopened and fixed a date for the resumption of the hearing, that is October 20, 2003, before a different member of the Immigration and Refugee Board.

[4]                 Upon considering the motion records submitted by the parties, it is appropriate for the Court to exercise its discretion to decline to consider the Application for leave and for judicial review on the merits for reasons of mootness.

[5]                 Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the Applicant's Application for leave and for judicial review is struck out on the grounds of mootness, the whole without costs.

Richard Morneau                               

Prothonotary

                                       FEDERAL COURT

Date : 20030926

Docket : IMM-3804-03

BETWEEN:

SANJIV KUMAR

                                                                            Applicant

and

THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                           Respondent

                                REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

                                  FEDERAL COURT

                    COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:

STYLE OF CAUSE:

IMM-3804-03

SANJIV KUMAR

                                   Applicant

and

THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                  Respondent

WRITTEN MOTION EXAMINED IN MONTREAL WITHOUT PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE PARTIES

REASONS FOR ORDER OF:Richard Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary

DATED:September 26, 2003

WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS BY:

SOLICITORS OF RECORD: