Supreme Court directed Centre to not to publish UPSC Notification 2021 till matter is decided
Supreme Court directed the Government of India to not to publish the UPSC 2021 notification till the matter on extra attempt in the UPSC IAS prelims 2021 is not decided.
Supreme Court of India directed the Union Government of India to not to publish the UPSC notification 2021 till the plea seeking extra attempt in the Supreme Court is not decided in the Apex court. The Supreme Court(SC) will hear the petition again on January 28. The SC gave another date so that the petitioner can reply to the Union Government's contention of not providing the extra attempt to the candidates having their last attempt and could not appear in the UPSC Prelims exam 2020. The centre is not talking about those candidates who suffered from the COVID-19 infection or the candidates who were in quarantine because of the infection.
See here: Centre's Contention
Union Government of India in its written reply in Supreme Court said that the UPSC Prelims exam 2020 was postponed by three months, which provided extra time to the candidates. The centre submitted that these conditions were affected all the candidates uniformly. The Additional Solicitor General of India said that they have submitted an affidavit in the apex court regarding the same.
Further, the centre said, that from June 1, the unlock guidelines were issued by the Ministry of Home wherein gradual relaxation with restriction were made for the public. In October 2020, Vth Phase of unlocking was in effect, resulting in the removal of most of the restrictions.
See here: UPSC IAS 2021 important dates
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