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Hearing is based on a lot of petitions submitted by over 30 trainees challenging conduct of tests amid pandemic.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) orally made a submission in the Supreme Court on Friday that students must not break their preparation for final year examinations to be carried out “by the end of September 2020”.
Though a UGC affidavit submitted on July 31 stated the exams were scheduled “by the end of September 2020” to provide universities sufficient time to make arrangements amid the pandemic, the same affidavit likewise goes on to inform the court that info received from 818 universities reveal that 603 varsities had actually conducted their final year tests or were in the procedure of performing exams throughout August-September 2020.
On Friday, Lawyer General Tushar Mehta, standing for the UGC, by means of abund