Australia's AAT, Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overturned Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's decision to deport sex convict former taxi driver, Jagdeep Singh to India.
34-year-old taxi driver Jagdeep Singh who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his passenger was detained by Australian Border Force officials from his residence in Melbourne in May to be deported to India.
Singh sexually assaulted a female passenger in December 2015. He picked her up from Crown casino in Melbourne and drove her to her home in Clayton.
He put his hand on her legs while driving the car, and upon reaching the destination, got out and grabbed her forcibly, it was reported.
The girl tried to get away however he pressed himself up against her and tried to kiss her before he ran off when girl succeeded in drawing a housemate’s attention by screaming.
Singh pleaded guilty to the assault and was sentenced to 18-month community corrections order in December 2015 requiring him to do 150 hours of unpaid community service, reports.
His visa was cancelled too by the Immigration Department however Singh, appealed against this visa cancellation before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
In May this year, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton exercised his special powers to deport Singh to India.
However, this case has taken a turn again with Singh being granted a bridging visa by the AAT on friday.
reports the AAT acting president, Justice John Logan has overturned a ministerial decision to deport Jagdeep Singh.
Despite Justice Logan's decision to grant him a visa, the understands Singh is now back in detention awaiting deportation as Mr Dutton's department has again cancelled his visa granted by Justice Logan.
Singh arrived as a dependent on his wife’s student visa in 2008 and worked as a taxi driver from 2011.
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