The tribunal has repeatedly found that later applicants had significantly lower-profile political activity and provided insufficient evidence that Indian authorities were aware of their involvement.
The man claimed his father suffered a heart attack after learning he was gay and that his mother told him not to contact the family until he had “changed”.
Subsequent claims raised allegations of support for the Khalistan movement, the husband’s alleged army desertion and claimed role as a Sikh priest, threats from a moneylender and, most recently, a dispute with the husband’s brothers over ancestral land.
The guidance also specifically warns against controlling behaviour, including restricting a woman's clothing, movements, employment, education or contact with friends and family.
The Albanese Government is providing new funding to expand Indian language education in Australian schools, helping students continue studying languages including Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu through Years 11 and 12.
The man, identified in court documents as MFKF, arrived in Australia in 2011 on a spousal visa. His visa was later cancelled after he was convicted of sexually abusing a boy and sentenced to prison.
Hindi can already be taught by individual schools where there is sufficient community demand, but it does not currently have a nationally developed pathway leading to senior secondary qualifications.
The 40-year-old Mumbai-born man became liable for deportation following a dangerous-driving conviction arising from a road-rage incident in January 2024.
A Labor campaign spokesperson called the decision “unforgivable” and accused Greens leader Ellen Sandell’s party of increasing the chances of the Liberals forming government
