SC GRANTS RELIEF TO 8 CIVIL SERVICES ASPIRANTS, ASKS UPSC TO ISSUE ADMIT CARDS

The Supreme Court has recently come to the rescue of 8 civil services aspirants by directing the Union Public Service Commission to issue admit cards to them for the mains examination scheduled on September 15.

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However, the top court, made it clear that the interim relief permitting the aspirants to take up the mains examination will subject to the final outcome of their petition. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra, which was hearing two separate petitions, granted interim relief to 8 aspirants, who were denied admit cards by the UPSC on the grounds of non-submissions of provisional certificates supporting their qualification and improper certificate for availing the EWS quota benefits. Therefore, while dealing with the 1st petition in which provisional certificates were not submitted, the bench stated that in view of the fact that the Civil Services Mains Exam is scheduled to be held on September 15, the interest of the petitioners will be affected if th