Court says it will not ask govt to relax the age limit
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government what stopped it from giving Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants another chance to take the preliminary exam as a “one-time concession”. It, however, made it clear that it had no intention to ask the government to relax the age limit of 32 in order to allow the aspirants to have another crack at the exam.
Several aspirants had approached the Supreme Court for another chance at the exam, claiming that the spread of COVID-19 and the resultant lockdown hampered their preparations for the prelims held on October 4. The government is against giving them another opportunity or any sort of relaxation in age, saying it would amount to extending differential treatment having cascading consequences.
