The Supreme Court docket will on Monday hear a plea searching for postponement of the us civil providers preliminary examination 2020 because of the rising circumstances of coronavirus infections within the nation. A 3-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar will hear the plea.
The plea has been filed by 20 UPSC civil services aspirants. The us civil providers examination 2020 is presently scheduled for October 4.
On September 24, the apex Court docket had requested advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, showing for the petitioners, to serve a duplicate of the petition to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Centre.
The petitioners hailing from varied elements of the nation have advised the Court docket that holding exams within the current circumstances will pose a danger to the well being and security of candidates.
About six lakh aspirants are anticipated to seem within the offline 7-hour examination to be carried out at centres throughout 72 cities within the nation.
A contemporary software within the case has additionally been filed on behalf of an Assistant Commandant of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) who’s to seem within the examination. The applicant has additionally sought postponement of the preliminary examination. The petition stated that holding the examination will discriminate amongst candidates from majorly affected states and others, the place Covid-19 circumstances are much less.
The examination was earlier scheduled for Might 31 however was postponed because of the pandemic. On June 5, UPSC got here out with a revised examination schedule setting October Four as the brand new date for holding the examination.
