[squiggleblaz]

> Then seemingly without material change in situation, now the Government is allowing flights back to India.

Well if a rule was unreasonably harsh you hardly need a material change in the situation to change it, do you? You can't complain that they weren't letting Indians into India, and then complain that they suddenly started to let Indians back into India.

[pimlottc]

I think that's their point. It's tantamount to admitting the earlier decision was without basis.

[gowld]

Point is it shows how wrong the original situation was, or vice versa

Mathematically, someone can say P, or not-P, or "P and not-P". One of those is most obviously wrong.