New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking postponement of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam (GATE 2022) on February 3.
Two petitions were filed on the matter — one by candidates appearing for GATE 2022 and a PIL by Umesh Dhande who heads a mentoring institute for candidates of GATE and other exams.
There aren’t many days to go for GATE 2022, with the exams scheduled to be held in physical mode on February 5, 6, 12 and 13. With the country witnessing Omicron-driven third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the petitioners want the important exams to be postponed.
Advocate Pallav Mongia, who appeared for the petitioners, requested that the matter be heard urgently.
Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli agreed to list the matter for hearing. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath will hear the #GATE2022 postponement case tomorrow as Item 15 on on Thursday (February 3), Bar & Bench reported.
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