<p>The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a petition seeking direction to postpone civil services preliminary examination slated for August 24, saying candidates’ objection to inclusion of English comprehension section has already been addressed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court also refused to put off the exam at the last hour when nine lakh students were ready to appear. A bench of justices J S Khehar and Arun Mishra held a special hearing on a non-working day on a plea made by 31-year-old Agnesh Kumar seeking a stay on the UPSC examination. <br /><br />The court pointed out that the UPSC had already taken a decision to allow candidates to skip the English Comprehension section following protests against its inclusion. Advocates Ravindra S Garia and Vishal Sinha, appearing for the UPSC aspirant, submitted that the present pattern was already skewed against the students from non-urban background (deficient in English language skills) as well as from Humanities and non-Engineering/Science/Management streams.<br /></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a petition seeking direction to postpone civil services preliminary examination slated for August 24, saying candidates’ objection to inclusion of English comprehension section has already been addressed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court also refused to put off the exam at the last hour when nine lakh students were ready to appear. A bench of justices J S Khehar and Arun Mishra held a special hearing on a non-working day on a plea made by 31-year-old Agnesh Kumar seeking a stay on the UPSC examination. <br /><br />The court pointed out that the UPSC had already taken a decision to allow candidates to skip the English Comprehension section following protests against its inclusion. Advocates Ravindra S Garia and Vishal Sinha, appearing for the UPSC aspirant, submitted that the present pattern was already skewed against the students from non-urban background (deficient in English language skills) as well as from Humanities and non-Engineering/Science/Management streams.<br /></p>
