India, Jan. 28 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an additional time of one week for the Delhi government to decide on deferring the implementation of the private school fee regulation law for the 2025-26 academic year-after it had observed on January 19 that implementing the law for the ongoing academic session would be "unviable".

Then, it had also asked the additional solicitor general (ASG) to ascertain from the government whether it was willing to defer the implementation to April 2026.

On Tuesday, ASG SV Raju, appearing for the Delhi government, told the court, "I had one meeting with higher officials. We require one more round of meetings to come to a final decision."

A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Vijay Bi...