Supreme Court to hear shortly a petition filed by UPSC aspirants seeking extra chance for those candidates who had given their last attempt in October 2020.

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The petitioners rely on the September 30 order of the Supreme Court which directed the Centre and UPSC to consider granting an extra chance to last attempt candidates with corresponding rise in upper age limit.

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Report of order :

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A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishnan Murari will take up the petition seeking extra attempt for last chance USPC aspirants in a short while.

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The bench has taken up the petition of UPSC aspirants for extra attempt.

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Issue regarding grant of extra chance for last attempt UPSC candidates is under consideration of the Central Government, Solicitor General tells the bench.

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Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for the petitioners submitted that the Court has directed the centre to consider grant of extra chance considering the difficulties of COVID19 last year.
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"It is under active consideration of the Centre. We are not taking adversarial stand", Solicitor General.
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What is the time frame required for this?, Justice Khanwilkar asks.

3 or 4 weeks, Solicitor General replies.

Rohatgi requests for posting on January 6.

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Anushre Kapadia AOR clarifies that the petition is not confined only to last chance candidates and is covering those candidates who could not give exams due to COVID19.

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"We are not saying anything except list this matter on January 11", Justice Khanwilkar.

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Some initial observations about this case, and in particular what the Court of Appeal made of the Attorney General’s application to refer these sentences as “unduly lenient”.

Spoiler: it makes uncomfortable reading for the Attorney General.


First, by way of background. I was one of several commentators astonished that the Attorney General, who has no known experience of practising criminal law, decided to personally present this serious case at the Court of Appeal.

It appeared an overtly political decision.


Comments leaked to the press confirmed this was a political decision, to capitalise on a tragic case in the headlines.

A “friend” of the Attorney General told the Express that she was pursuing the case *against* legal advice. She also took a preemptive pop at the judges.


On the day of the hearing, it appeared from selected reports that the AG was out of her depth. She appeared to be making political submissions to the Court of Appeal that have no place in a case of this type.


The Court of Appeal judgment helps understand what happened.

The AG played a limited role. She “rehearsed some of the facts and said that the sentences had caused widespread public concern”

Her contribution was seemingly not considered by the Court to be legal submissions. Oof.

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