CLAT student says may have Covid, moves SC, sits for test separately

The Bench said the centre superintendent, on production of the order, should provide a separate room for the student. (Express Photo/File)

HOURS BEFORE the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) began on Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court allowed a student in Gwalior, who said he was “in isolation” as he was “suspected of being Covid-positive”, to sit for the test in a “separate isolation room” at his exam centre.

“In the facts of the present case, we are of the view that the applicant should be permitted to take his CLAT examination on 28.09.2020 in a separate isolation room to be provided by his centre superintendent,” said a Bench of…