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The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking postponement of the UPSC civil services preliminary examination 2020 due Farm bills protes
to the rising cases of coronavirus infections in the country. A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar will hear the Covid 19 India T
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  The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking postponement of the UPSC civil rac
services preliminary examination 2020 due to the rising cases of coronavirus infections in the
 
country. A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar will hear the plea.
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The plea has been led by 20 UPSC civil services aspirants. The UPSC civil services exam 2020
 
is presently scheduled for October 4. Env
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On September 24, the apex Court had asked advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, appearing for the ask
  petitioners, to serve a copy of the petition to the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC)
and Centre.

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The petitioners hailing from various parts of the country have told the Court that holding
exams in the present circumstances will pose a risk to the health and safety of candidates.
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A fresh application in the case has also been led on behalf of an Assistant Commandant of
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) who is to appear in the examination. The applicant has also sought
postponement of the preliminary examination. The petition said that holding the exam will
discriminate among candidates from majorly affected states and others, where Covid-19 cases
are less.

The exam was earlier scheduled for May 31 but was postponed due to the pandemic. On June 5,
UPSC came out with a revised examination schedule setting October 4 as the new date for
holding the examination.

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