New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Delhi High Court has directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to keep on hold admissions and all further action based on its "deprivation points" system for the 2026-27 academic session, observing that the mechanism prima facie permits the university to effectively add marks to a candidate's score in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET).

Justice Jasmeet Singh, while hearing a petition challenging JNU's deprivation-point policy, said that allowing the university to add marks to scores secured by candidates in a competitive entrance examination could undermine the sanctity of the examination.

The court directed that until the next date of hearing, JNU shall not finalise admissions on the basis of deprivat...