The Union Public Service Commission on Thursday, 24 September, was issued a notice by the Supreme Court over a plea seeking postponement of Civil Services Examination, which is scheduled on 4 October, 2020, reports Live Law.
Hearing the matter, a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna adjourned the matter till 28 September, by which time the commission is expected to come up with a reply on the matter.
Maintaining that India has been recording sky-high cases in the recent weeks, the petitioners say that conducting exams across 72 cities “is utterly arbitrary and patently violative of the Right to Health and Life of the aspirants, under Article 21 of the Constitution.”
The petitioners also say that the risk of contracting COVID-19 could prevent many from writing the exam, while adding that its conduct could discriminate against several middle and lower-middle class…