Plea against UGC final year exam decision: SC adjourns hearing to August 18 – education

The Supreme Courtroom on Friday adjourned the hearing, of the plea against UGC order to maintain final year exams, to August 18. The highest court docket was hearing a plea filed by college students against the UGC order to conduct final year exams by September 30

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy and MR Shah began the hearing at 10.30am. The hearing went on until 1 pm.

Senior advocate Shyam Divan arguing for petitioners instructed the Courtroom that college students represent a homogenous class and well being of final year college students is equally essential as different college students of different year batches. “You can’t have a one-measurement-suits all method as college students are dealing with severe issues of transportation, communication, and most schools in Maharashtra are used as quarantine services,” he mentioned.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi additionally showing for an additional petitioner argued that schools throughout India can’t be anticipated to have identical services. Many schools haven’t held lessons.

Delhi and Maharashtra took a thought-about view to cancel exams after consulting VCs of their state universities who mentioned many college students have been digitally handicapped.

Singhvi mentioned that prior notifications of UGC issued in April 15, Might 1 and June 29 realized the pandemic state of affairs and gave flexibility to universities to both conduct or not conduct exams. Now when pandemic is at its peak, how can UGC resolve to maintain necessary exams when instructing has not been held.

Advocate Shyam Divan argued that Nationwide Catastrophe Administration act may have overriding impact over UGC act and these are simply pointers. Part 72 of the Act states that provisions of NDMA will override all Acts. “Right now due to pandemic, NDMA is in place and it is a particular legislation that can dominate over states and any breach underneath this act by states can appeal to penal penalties,” he added.

Earlier on Thursday, the house ministry filed an affidavit within the Supreme Courtroom saying that it has given relaxations to schools and universities throughout the nation and allowed them to open for the conduct of final-year examinations, which can be held in accordance with an order issued by the College Grants Fee (UGC).

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