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Balbir Singh vs. Board of Commissioners of The Bureau of Immigration

BALBIR SINGH, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-11015 | 1961-02-25

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, setting aside a decision of respondent, the Board of Commissioners of the Bureau of Immigration, and making permanent a writ of preliminary injunction issued by said court, enjoining said Board and its agents and representatives from causing the arrest and deportation of petitioner Balbir Singh during the pendency of this case. 
Petitioner is a citizen of India. He came to the Philippines on December 17, 1949. Testifying in support of his application for admission, as a non-preference quota immigrant, he stated, before a Board of...