India, Feb. 2 -- The Delhi government told the Supreme Court on Monday that the law regulating private school fees will be implemented from academic session 2026-27 and not the ongoing year.

This comes after the top court granted additional time of a week to Rekha Gupta-led Delhi government earlier this week on Tuesday to decide whether to defer the implementation of the private school fee regulation law for the 2025-26 academic year.

During an earlier hearing on January 19, the Supreme Court had asked the Delhi government to consider deferring the enforcement of its law fixing fees of private schools to April 2026. It observed that bringing the law into effect for the ongoing academic session will be "unviable".

The Delhi government's...