New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday had denied postpone the preliminary exam of UPSC. The apex court said that no prejudice was likely to be caused to any class of aspirants under the current exam pattern.
A bench led by Justice JS Khehar noted that the government and the UPSC have already agreed on deleting certain type of questions, which had been the bone of contention for non-urban students.
The bench asked, “What do we postpone the exam for?” It further said, “It is exactly the same syllabus. There is no change at all. What you were aggrieved of has already been deleted. Nine lakh students are today ready to sit for the exam. Majority of them must have attended coaching classes too. We can’t postpone it.”
The bench dismissed the petition of UPSC aspirants and said that exam papers have been designed as a policy matter and after considering opinions of experts.
Bureau Report
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