SC Final Verdict On UGC LIVE Updates: SC Decision, 'Exams Mandatory! Deadline Can Be Altered By The State, Not Necessary To Hold Exams Before Sept 30'
UGC Guidelines Case LIVE Updates: SC final verdict on Final Year University Exams is OUT. The wait of over lakhs of final year varsity students comes to an end! The Supreme Court has said that the states cannot promote students without holding final year exams, may approach UGC seeking an extension of the deadline. For the latest and fastest updates on the matter stay tuned here.
Decision taken by State Disaster Management Authorities to promote final year students on the basis of previous results and internal assessment is beyond the jurisdiction/ powers under the DM Act and has to give way to the UGC guidelines.
It's out. While the State orders of cancelling the examinations have been upheld, Supreme Court has announced that the degrees cannot be granted without the examinations. The exams can be, in effect, postponed and conducted later. States can approach UGC to extend the September 30 deadline. Exams are Mandatory, rules SC.
Not compulsory to hold Exams before September 30.
States can ask UGC for extension.
The directions of State Disaster Management Authority for cancelling exams in that particular states will prevail over the UGC directions.States cannot promote students without holding exams. If any State has taken a decision that it is not possible to hold exams, we grant them liberty to approach the UGC to seek an extension of the deadline
The verdict is upon us. Bench to announce the final decision on UGC Case has assembled. Order being read out.
The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah would be announcing the verdict on UGC Case today.
The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah would be announcing the verdict on UGC Case today. The bench has not assembled as yet.
While the verdict is anxiously awaited, many students are worried that the Supreme Court's dismissal of JEE, NEET exams may cast a shadow on the UGC Exam Guidelines case as well. While the petitioners have remained positive, there is still a rising concern about examinations during COVID.
In another 10 minutes, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan would announce the verdict on the UGC Guidelines case, clearing the confusion over whether the examinations would be conducted or not. The SC hearing on UGC Case had concluded on August 18, 2020.
While SC Verdict may be in favour of the petitioners, it does not guarantee that all final year examinations would be canceled. The decision has to be taken whether a State Government's order can override UGC Directives. As such, if the order is in favor of the petitioners in the matter of State Governments, if the state government does not cancel the exams, Universities in the state may still continue to conduct the examinations.
It had said that another issue is whether the commission can override state authorities and ask the universities to hold examinations on given dates.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had also said that it's not in the interest of students to not hold exams. He argued that UGC is the only body that can prescribe rules for conferring a degree, and state governments cannot change the rules. It was also argued that not conducting exams will be against students' future as a uniform admission process will get adversely affected without final year exams
The verdict today will decide whether or not UGC's decision of conducting final year exams by September 30 will be cancelled .
Background
UGC Guidelines Case LIVE Updates: The Supreme Court's final decision has been announced on the conduct of final year university examinations. The anxious wait of the final year students of universities across India is over, as the Supreme Court has said that Exams are Mandatory but the states can approach the UG for the postponement of Exams. Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava read out the verdict which said that states can't promote students without conducting exams, therefore exams are necessary. However, it is not compulsory to conduct the exams before Sept 30 keeping in view of the rising coronavirus cases
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Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the students are apprehensive of taking their examinations, as it would require them to travel from their hometowns to their respective universities. The different restrictions in place in different states, adds to the fuss of the students.
The decision by Supreme Court is out today, and the suspense continuing for months ends!
Students have been waiting for clarity and expected the SC to give a decision in the last hearing held on August 18, 2020. But the court had reserved its verdict and given all the parties three days-time to present their final arguments.
On July 6, the UGC had issued guidelines that stated it was mandatory for Universities to conduct the final year exams using any– pen and paper, online, or a combination of both by September 30th, 2020. Soon after multiple petitions were filed against the decision which included a plea filed by 31 students from different states and by Maharashtra's Yuva Sena. The apex court began hearing the case from July 31.
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