New Delhi, May 23 -- In a setback to US President, Federal judge on Friday blocked Donald Trump administration's decision to bar foreign student enrolment at Harvard University.

The development came amid Harvard filing the lawsuit in US District Court in Massachusetts.

The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows the school to host international students with visas to study in the US, reported AP.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard termed the government's action a 'blatant violation' of the US Constitution and said that it will have an "immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa ho...