The Supreme Court adjourned the plea hearing seeking an extra attempt for the UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2021 because of Covid-19 pandemic. The aspirants asked to have extra attempt in view of the pandemic.
This year, a lot of candidates failed to appear for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2020 due to the disturbance caused by Covid-19 pandemic. So candidates were asking an extra attempt for the UPSC Civil Service Prelims 2021.
“Supreme Court adjourns the hearing on a plea filed by a bunch of UPSC aspirants, seeking an extra attempt in the civil services examination for the year 2021, as a one time measure owing to the COVID-19 pandemic,” as stated by ANI.
The bench of judges asked advocate Atul Agarwal, the counsel for the petitioners, to “serve a copy of the petition to the counsel of the Union Public Service Commission.”
