Dahiya v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Ram Chander Dahiya sought to appeal a Court of Appeal decision which refused to extend the time to appeal a High Court decision which refused him leave to appeal the Immigration and Protection Tribunal's dismissal of his permanent resident visa application. The Registrar of the Supreme Court declined to waive the filing fee for the intended appeal to the Supreme Court, and Dahiya sought a review of that decision. The legal issues before the Supreme Court were whether the Registrar was correct to conclude that the proposed appeal did not concern a matter of genuine public interest and whether it was unlikely to be commenced or continued until the fee was waived. The Supreme Court agreed with the Registrar's assessment, finding that the proposed appeal involved matters specific to Dahiya's case and did not engage any issue of general public importance. The Court dismissed the application for review, upholding the Registrar's decision to refuse to waive the filing fee. The Court of Appeal's decision refusing an extension of time to appeal was therefore final.