Australian man launches legal challenge to India travel ban, as number of vulnerable citizens rises

Gary Newman, an Australian in Bangalore, files suit against Greg Hunt for failing to consider alternatives before pausing flights from the Covid-ravaged region

The federal court will hear an urgent legal challenge to Australia's India travel ban, after a 73-year-old Australian in Bangalore launched a challenge.

On Wednesday Gary Newman filed the case against health minister Greg Hunt's determination that people who have been in India in the past 14 days cannot return to Australia.