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SUPREME COURT:Students cannot be promoted without conducting Final Year Exams


NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said that state universities cannot promote students without conducting final year exams by September 30.Upholding the UGC decision to hold final year exams, a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said if, any state feels they can’t conduct exams by that date, they must approach the UGC for new dates to hold the exam.

YuvaSena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena, is one of the petitioners in the apex court who questioned the UGC’s direction to conduct  examinations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Janet Elizabeth John@samacharline