SC dismisses UPSC aspirants' plea, refuses to postpone Sunday's prelim exam

August 23, 2014 12:05

The Supreme Court on Saturday rejected a petition seeking stay on the Union Public Services Commission preliminary examination, scheduled on Sunday.

The Public Interest Litigation, filed by Agnesh Kumar, was heard by a bench headed by Justice Dattu in an urgent hearing despite the day being a court holiday.

The petitioner had asked for an extension of two months for the civil services exam, which has generated a huge controversy after students all over India alleged it favours English-speaking people.

Earlier this month, the Centre appealed to all political parties to allow the August 24 examination to take place and assured that the matter of permitting all regional languages will be looked into.

The protesting students have been demanding that the government scrap the Civil Services Aptitude Test which they term as being "discriminatory" against those who are from Hindi background.

In an attempt to put an end to the row related to the CSAT format, the government had announced on August 4 that the marks for English comprehension will not be counted in the final merit list.

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