India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, Sep 28: The UPSC has told the Supreme Court that it is impossible to defer the civil services exams any further. The court has sought an affidavit from the UPSC by tomorrow.
The postponement is being sought in the wake of the pandemic.
The plea has been filed by the UPSC civil service aspirants, who are seeking postponement of the exams scheduled to be held from October 4. The petitioners said that holding the exams at such a time would pose a great risk to health and safety of the candidates.
Without issuing notice, a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna agreed to hear the matter and granted liberty to the petitioner to serve advance copy of the petition on the Standing Counsel for the Union Public Service Commission as well as on the Standing Counsel…
