Pleas Challenging UGC Directive To Wrap Final Year Exams By September 30 [LIVE UPDATES From SC]

Singhvi continues:

States have been given discretion to conduct examinations, and the same is without any law or act. Guidelines are harsh.

Singhvi: They mandated final year exams to be conducted by September 30. These are the most unreal guidelines.

Court starts hearing the petitions.

Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi making submissions for the petitioners-students.

The 4 petitions which are listed together are by

31 students from Indian Universities;

a Final Year Law Student -- Yash Dubey

a student Krushna Waghmare &;

Aditya Thackeray (Yuva Sena Leader

All petitions seeking cancellation of exams of Final Year Students before September 30 will be heard together by Top Court;

and urge that the Notification mandating exams with the subsequent UGC Guidelines --- shall put students at a great risk of contracting the virus.

A 3-Judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah will assemble shortly to take up 4 petitions calling for cancellation of exams in #UGC mandated Universities amid #Covid19

Bench assebled