The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone UPSC civil companies preliminary exam, to be held on October 4, as a result of of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in a number of elements of the nation.
A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari requested the Centre to contemplate granting yet one more probability to these aspirants who might not seem of their final try for the exam due to the pandemic.
It additionally refused to contemplate the plea for clubbing of UPSC civil companies exam of 2020 with 2021 exams saying this can have a cascading impact.
The bench was listening to a plea looking for postponement of the Civil Services Exam for 2 to three months, in order that the flood/ incessant rains recede and the COVID-19 curve flattens.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) opposed the plea saying all obligatory precautions have been taken and satisfactory preparations have been made for holding the exam.
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