NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea against the Centre's decision to cancel the UGC NET exam held on June 19, saying it can't interfere into the matter since test has been scheduled afresh on August 21.
A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra rejected a plea filed by Parveen Dabas and others, saying interfering at this stage with the decision to conduct the retest would result into utter chaos.
The court opined the examinations should take place as per the date.
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"Let there be finality, we are not in a perfect world. Let the exams happen on August 21. Let there be certainty for students," the bench said.
The bench also recorded that there are only 47 petitioners but there are nine lakh candidates appearing in the UGC NET.
The UGC-NET was conducted on June 19, but it was cancelled by the Centre. A decision was taken to hold a fresh exam on August 21.
"At present stage the petitioners have challenged the decision. Nearly two months have lapsed, entertaining the petition would only add uncertainty and result in utter chaos," the bench said.
The court also said the government became doubly careful and took the decision to cancel the UGC NET examination due to allegations of paper leakage.
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The petitioners counsel urged the court to expedite the CBI investigation. However, the court refused the consider the request.
They contended that the CBI has recently found that the evidence suggesting a paper leak was fake, therefore it raised questions on the decision to cancel the exam.
On evening of June 19 itself, the Union Education Ministry had ordered the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam and handed over the matter to the CBI for an investigation.
