UK tribunal reverses right to stay for man jailed for torture
Rupinderjit Singh, an Indian migrant jailed for 12 years for torturing a woman with boiling water, has been ordered deported after the Upper Tribunal overturned his right to remain in the UK. Singh had been deported following his conviction but illegally re-entered Britain in 2020, where he successfully won a human rights case to stay – a decision now reversed.
Singh poured boiling water over a 30-year-old woman, set her on fire, and beat her with his belt in what the court described as systematic torture, leaving the victim with permanent scarring. Although Singh claimed he needed to stay to support his autistic daughter, Judge Hugo Norton-Taylor ruled that Singh and his wife had exaggerated the evidence and found his mental health claims to be a "complete fabrication".
- Deported migrant who illegally returned will now be deported after losing human rights appeal.
- Singh tortured woman with boiling water, causing permanent injuries.
- Judge rejected claims about caring for autistic daughter as exaggerated.
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Rupinderjit Singh is an Indian man convicted in the UK of serious violent assault. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for pouring boiling water over a woman, setting her on fire, and beating her, which left the victim with permanent scarring. Following his conviction, he was deported to India.
Singh illegally returned to the UK in 2020 and launched a legal case based on human rights grounds, claiming he needed to stay to support his autistic daughter. A court accepted his argument and granted him the right to remain, preventing his deportation.
Immigration law generally requires removal of people convicted of serious crimes, but human rights protections can sometimes provide grounds to resist deportation. Such cases reveal the legal tension that can arise between immigration rules and human rights law. An Upper Tribunal has now reviewed Singh's case, resulting in a reversal of his right to stay.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Migrant deported after serving jail time for torturing woman with boiling water sneaked back into the UK and was allowed to stay – but will now be deported”.