UGC verdict: States cannot promote students without holding exams, deadline can be altered -Supreme Court
New Delhi: In the much awaited judgement, a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan pronounced the judgement on the pleas challenging the decision of UGC asking universities and colleges to conduct final year exams by September 30.
The Supreme Court of India in its judgement upheld the July 6 circular of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to hold university final year exams in its verdict today However, the Court gave states the discretion to approach the University Grants Commission (UGC) for an extension of the deadline by which final year exams should be completed.
The UGC had told the top court that its July 6 directive, asking universities and colleges to conduct final year exams by September 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is "not a diktat" but states cannot take the decision to confer degrees without holding the examinations.
It added that the directive is for the "benefit of students" as the universities have to start admissions to postgraduate courses and state authorities cannot override the UGC's guideline.
The Supreme Court of India in its judgement upheld the July 6 circular of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to hold university final year exams in its verdict today However, the Court gave states the discretion to approach the University Grants Commission (UGC) for an extension of the deadline by which final year exams should be completed.
The UGC had told the top court that its July 6 directive, asking universities and colleges to conduct final year exams by September 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is "not a diktat" but states cannot take the decision to confer degrees without holding the examinations.
It added that the directive is for the "benefit of students" as the universities have to start admissions to postgraduate courses and state authorities cannot override the UGC's guideline.