At the outset of the hearing on Congress’s appeal against a Delhi high court order, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih that he wanted to make a statement on behalf of I-T department. He said no further action would be taken against the opposition party during the ongoing general elections. He said the case could be posted for hearing after June 4 when the results of Lok Sabha polls would be declared. He said he would oppose Congress’s claim then.

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The court directed the Maharashtra government and the college to pay Rs 50,000 each as compensation to petitioner Vansh whose admission to an MBBS course was cancelled in an illegal and arbitrary manner. It also ordered the authorities to grant him admission in the next session and create an additional seat so as to ensure that there is no reduction in the quota of seats for the candidates who succeed in the NEET UG-2024