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UGC Exam Updates: Big decision of Supreme Court, University will have final year Examination, without this we cannot Promote

UGC Exam 2020 News: Supreme Court has decided to conduct final year examinations in universities. The court has also upheld the UGC notice.

New Delhi, India;

The Supreme Court has given a big decision on conducting final year examinations in universities. The apex court said that the final year examination will be held by the court. Also, the Supreme Court upheld the circular of UGC to conduct the examination until 30 September. State governments cannot decide not to conduct examinations during the Corona crisis.

Big Decision of Court, Order to States

The Supreme court said in its order that the state governments cannot promote a student without the permission of the UGC. States that have difficulty in conducting exams in the Corona crisis period can apply to postpone the examination with the UGC. In this case, the Supreme Court completed the hearing on August 18 on the petitions challenging the instructions issued by the UGC on July 6 to hold the final year or semester examinations of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in universities and other higher education institutions by September 30. The decision was reserved.

Students and Institutes had Filed the Petition

Several students from different institutions across the country had filed a petition in the Supreme Court, demanding the cancellation of final year examinations. Ever since the release of the UGC Guidelines for the final year examinations, there was constant opposition to the examination.

UGC Gave this Argument

Earlier, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the UGC in the Supreme Court, had argued that the final year is a degree year and the examination cannot be scrapped. Mehta also cited examples of exams conducted by some universities and said that many top-level universities have opted for online exams. Mehta stressed that foreign universities and further education require degrees. Referring to the guidelines of the UGC, Mehta said before the bench that these guidelines are not only preachy but are mandatory. Mehta said that the guidelines that have been challenged before the apex court are legal.