UPSC 2020: SC refuses to grant extra attempt for Civil Services Prelims

UPSC Civil Services is not the exam where you prepare at the eleventh hour, Centre argued in SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant one more chance to those civil services aspirants who exhausted their permissible number of attempts while appearing in UPSC exam held in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic. The students pleaded SC to grant one more chance as they could not prepare for test due to pandemic. The order was passed by a three-judge Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra, and Ajay Rastogi.

Earlier this month, the Centre told the apex court that it was against granting one-time relaxation on age limit to UPSC civil service aspirants, including those who had exhausted their