Title | Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29 |
Publisher | Canada: Supreme Court |
Publication Date | 10 May 2019 |
Country | Canada | Pakistan |
Topics | Arbitrary arrest and detention | Habeas corpus | Right to liberty and security |
Cite as | Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29, Canada: Supreme Court, 10 May 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,CAN_SC,5d7f69394.html [accessed 18 May 2023] |
Comments | Courts — Jurisdiction — Habeas corpus — Exceptions to exercise of jurisdiction by provincial superior courts — Immigration detainee applying for habeas corpus — Superior court declining jurisdiction to hear application on basis that detention review scheme in Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is complete, comprehensive and expert statutory scheme providing for review at least as broad as that available by way of habeas corpus and no less advantageous — Whether superior court erred in declining jurisdiction — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27. |
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