Australian government faces a huge setback in the Novak Djokovic court case!
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The ongoing court battle between Novak Djokovic and the Australian government after the player was denied entry into the country at the Melbourne airport because of him being unvaccinated. While he did get the medical exemption from the independent medical committee, the player was denied the visa, a decision that is in the hands of the government and not dependent on any exemption.
Djokovic was kept at the airport for nearly 9 hours where he was questioned by the immigration officers and asked to justify why did he ask for a medical exemption and as he failed to give a satisfactory answer, he was put in a federal isolation hotel as the case went to the court that will give its decision on Monda, 10th January.
Amidst this, the Australian government has suffered a setback in building their case against Djokovic in order to prove their action of denying his visa and detaining him despite his medical exemption. As per reports of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Scott Morrison led government’s request had been denied by the court.
The government had asked for two extra days and push the final verdict on 12th January, Wednesday that would allow them two more extra days to build their case against Djokovic. The judge said he would try to accommodate the parties to come to a resolution, but stressed the court would not be rushed under any special request or pressure.
Court dismisses Tennis Australia over scheduling amidst Novak Djokovic saga
As the 2022 Australian Open is scheduled to begin from 17th January and Tennis Australia lawyers approached the court to give the final verdict by Tuesday as the Slam needs time to do the scheduling in case the 3-time defending champion is not playing at the tournament.
“The tail won’t be wagging the dog here. If Tennis Australia decides to do what it wants to do in running its enterprise, it will. All I can do is provide every facility available to this court to assist these parties to resolve it in the best way possible,” said Justice Kelly informing all parties to let the court do its work.
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