'(a) if, having only a limited leave to enter or remain, he does not observe a condition attached to the leave or remains beyond the time limited by the leave or (b) if the Secretary of State deems his deportation to be conducive to the public good or (c) if another person to whose family he belongs is or has been ordered to be deported.'
'if he considers--(i) that the decision or action against which the appeal is brought was not in accordance with the law or with any immigration rules applicable to the case or (ii) where the decision or action involved the exercise of a discretion by the Secretary of State or an officer, that the discretion should have been exercised differently . . .'
'for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(ii) no decision or action which is in accordance with the immigration rules shall be treated as having involved the exercise of a discretion by the Secretary of State by reason only of the fact that he has been requested by or on behalf of the appellant to depart, or to authorise an officer to depart, from the rules and has refused to do so.'
'Applications for the revocation of a deportation order will be carefully considered in the light of the grounds on which the order was made and of the case made in support of the application. The interests of the community, including the maintenance of an effective immigration control, are to be balanced against the interests of the applicant, including any circumstances of a compassionate nature . . .'
'What I am certain about is that the appellant whilst he has been here, has pleased many different religious and other organisations. I have received evidence about this from the most eminent national figures especially in the Sikh community, and Indian workers organisations. The appellant is, I am satisfied, a major attraction at festivals and the like, capable of attracting audiences of several thousands. He gives his services free to charity when others of his standing might charge as much as @500. He is greatly respected for it. I have received more than a dozen written testimonials all in glowing terms about his religious and cultural services, and entertainment, and they are, to my mind, from people and organisations worthy of notice. I deal with that aspect shortly, not because I have taken less notice of it, but because it is not contestible. It is not a factor relating to the welfare of the appellant himself, and in that sense not a compassionate circumstance.'
'Thus it seems to me that it would be wrong, in the present case, for me to give weight to the proposition that the Sikh community, or any of those other bodies adversely affected, would be disappointed by the loss of services of the appellant. That is a matter of importance to the Secretary of State in relation to the community at large and to community relations in particular. That is one of his responsibilities, but is not one of mine.'
'There is here, however, a matter of the kind referred to by Forbes J in the Sohal case. It may will be an important one, because from what I am told this appellant has a rare talent. That his appeal produced so much support from those who turned out to be not a rabble, but rather, perhaps, in the main well intentioned people though with strong feelings, and certainly prepared to listen to reason, maybe that is a factor. Mercifully that aspect of the affair is not my concern.'
'What is required by these words, in our view, is a consideration of conflicting interests. That follows, we think, from the word ''balancing'' and the word ''against''. It seems to us to be assumed that the compassionate circumstances are, in the balancing procedure, something necessarily in conflict with the element of public interest. Obviously that does not mean that in the end the compassionate circumstances may not outweigh the public interest, but the fact that a balancing is required at all indicates that there is a conflict of interest. The structure of the provision assumes adverse factors on each side of the scales. What then is meant by the ''public interest'' in paragraph 154? In our view it must be the public interest in favour of deportation in enforcement of the immigration laws.'
'It is said that, if the impact on community relations is not a ''compassionate circumstance'' it is, at any rate, one of the ''relevant circumstances'' within paragraph 158. We do not accept that. If it were correct, it would make the reference to ''relevant circumstances'' so wide as to include matters of a wholly different character from those in paragraph 156. We do not think that ''relevant circumstances'' can be taken as extending to matters unrelated to the personal circumstances of the applicant and his family and persons intimately connected with him. To remove the ambit of the expression from a personal level to a public one is going too far.'