On Wednesday 24 June 2015, the Supreme Court (Lord Neuberger, Baroness Hale, Lord Wilson, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson) handed down judgment in the joined appeals of AA (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and TN and MA (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 40. The cases concerned the lawfulness of section 83 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (the "2002 Act"), which provided for a right of appeal against the refusal of asylum only where leave to remain had instead been granted for longer than 12 months. The purpose of the provision was to avoid appeals being considered where the Secretary of State was to take a decision on a fresh application within a short time. The appellants alleged that section 83 was incompatible with the right to an effective remedy under Article 39 of Directive 2005/85/EC (the "Procedures Directive") and the best interests of the child principle because of the delay it caused in the consideration on appeal of an appellant's case. TN and MA also contended that the principle in Ravichandran v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [1996] Imm AR 97 was wrong and that they should have been granted "corrective relief" under the principle in R (Rashid) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] EWCA Civ 744, [2005] Imm AR 608. The Secretary of State argued that section 83 was compatible with the Procedures Directive, Ravichandran remained good law and that the Supreme Court should hold that Rashid was no longer good law.