Supreme Court of India

Praneeth K. and Ors. v. University Grants Commission (ugc) and Ors.

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Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 28 August 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are not persuaded to accept the submissions of the petitioner that the revised guidelines are violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 58

From the headnote

Education/Educational Institutions: Guidelines dated 06.07.2020, issued by University Grants Commission (UGC) – Directing the Universities/ Colleges to complete terminal semester/ final year examinations by 30.9.2020 – Ministry of Human Resource Development by OM dated 06.07.2020 formulated SOP for conducting the examinations as per the UGC Guidelines which was settled by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare – Ministry of Home Affairs permitting to conduct the examination – State of Maharashtra as well as Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority, in view of situation due to pandemic…

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