Immigration detention: Djokovic wins court case

World No. one tennis player Novak Djokovic on Monday won the legal battle in his bid to remain in Australia, with a court ordering his immediate release from immigration detention.

Novak Djokovic be released from immigration detention, finding the government’s decision to revoke the tennis star’s visa to enter the country was unreasonable, Judge Anthony Kelly said.

Judge Kelly ordered Djokovic be released within 30 minutes and his passport and other travel documents returned to him, rekindling the world number one’s chance to win a record 21st Grand Slam title at the upcoming Australian Open.

However, lawyers for the federal government told the court the country’s immigration minister was reserving the right to exercise his personal power to again revoke Djokovic’s visa.

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