Australian immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said on Tuesday that he had  instructed the government solicitor to lodge an appeal against the Haneef verdict.
The judge said that had the Minister relied upon information that Haneef was considered a person of interest by UK counter-terrorism police and had been formally charged with providing resources to a terrorist organisation, he would have been justified in cancelling his visa.
However, he said Andrews may no longer be able to use those grounds to cancel Haneef’s visa as the circumstances had changed and the charge against the doctor had been dropped.