Hyderabad, Aug. 25 -- The Telangana High Court has handed the state government a partial win, exempting differently-abled brides from the interim stay it had earlier imposed on the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak marriage assistance schemes.

According to ABN, Justice NV Shravan Kumar, hearing interlocutory applications filed by MLAs seeking to be impleaded in the case, modified the court's earlier order on Monday, August 23, to carve out Government Order 4, which provides additional financial assistance for the marriages of differently-abled women. The stay on disbursements to all other beneficiaries under the two schemes remains in place.

Government counsel told the bench that the 25 percent additional assistance extended to disable...