New Delhi: In a significant ruling protecting the academic futures of two meritorious students, the Delhi High Court’s Division Bench refused to stay an earlier order that had directed the Indian government to grant them scholarships under the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme.

The bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ordered the government to “immediately grant” the benefits to ensure the students’ higher education abroad did not “take a backseat”, even as the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) continues to challenge the judgment.

The Indian government, through the MoSJE, appealed against Justice Sachin Datta’s 25 September judgment, which had overturned the rejection of two students’ scholarship applications that were denied over a

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