The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a suspected coronavirus patient to appear for the Common Law Admission Test, or CLAT, in a separate isolation room, hours before the start of the examination, PTI reported.
The exam, an entrance test for admission to law courses in the 22 National Law Universities, began at 2 pm earlier in the day.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that Deepansh Tripathi, the student, should ensure that a downloaded copy of the court’s order is given to his exam centre’s superintendent by a non-symptomatic person as soon as possible.
After the copy of the order is given, the superintendent should provide Tripathi with a separate room for appearing for the test, the bench said. The student should enter the isolation room after all other candidates have entered their respective rooms and should also exit before them, the bench added.
The court…