India, June 6 -- US President Donald Trump's visa ban on new foreign student admissions to Harvard University faced a setback on Thursday as the school won a temporary reprieve from a court.

US district judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the government can't enforce Trump's executive order banning the entry of Harvard's new foreign students into the United States. The judge ruled in Harvard's favour after it amended a May 23 lawsuit over an order from the Department of Homeland Security to stop the university from enrolling international students. Burroughs had already blocked that effort.

The temporary reprieve came as the judge ruled that Harvard would face "immediate and irreparable injury" if the proclamation went into effect. The n...