New Delhi: The Supreme Court has decided to hear a couple of petitions seeking GATE 2022 postponement today, on February 3, 2022 owing to the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, the exam conducting authority, IIT Kharagpur has scheduled to conduct GATE 2022 on February 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2022.
A SC bench consisting of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli have finally agreed to list the matters urgently.
Since there is a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases across India, the petitioners have sought interim relief by putting a stay on conducting the GATE 2022 exam till any decision has been taken in this regard.
Feb 03, 2022 | 12:32 PM (IST)
GATE Exam guidelines for COVID+ve students
According to the GATE 2022 Exam Rules, COVID+ve students are not permitted to take the offline exam. The GATE Admit Card 2022 has thorough instructions on this, which students must check before arriving at the exam centre.
Feb 03, 2022 | 12:14 PM (IST)
GATE 2022 Travel Pass
Students must take note that, because GATE 2022 has not been postponed, they must download a Travel Pass if necessary. This has been made available by IIT KGP for applicants in the event that they encounter difficulty while travelling.
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Feb 03, 2022 | 11:28 AM (IST)
GATE 2022 Exam Dates
Unless IIT Kharagpur makes an update, the GATE 2022 Exam Dates will remain unaltered. The exam will take place on February 5, 6, 12, and 13, 2022, in accordance with COVID-19 safety regulations.
Feb 03, 2022 | 11:15 AM (IST)
GATE: SC says 'Exam Postponement would cause chaos'
The Supreme Court has rejected the GATE 2022 petition. The Apex Court has stated that postponing the exam will bring chaos in the country, and so it will not be postponed. IIT KGP, on the other hand, has the option to take a call on it.
Feb 03, 2022 | 11:05 AM (IST)
GATE 2022 NOT postponed
GATE 2022 has NOT been postponed. Supreme Court has dismissed the plea seeking postponement of GATE Exam 2022.
Feb 03, 2022 | 11:01 AM (IST)
SC Hearing Updates on GATE 2022
The issue is being heard by Justice Chandrachud's Bench. According to Justice, the petition for a delay of the GATE examination was filed just 48 hours before the scheduled date of February 5th. Given the number of students who have enrolled for the exam, this has the potential to cause confusion and uncertainty.
Feb 03, 2022 | 10:58 AM (IST)
GATE 2022 Justice Chandrachud on the postponement
GATE 2022 postponement matter is up for hearing. Justice Chandrachu brought up the argument that students must have studied for the exam. He goes on to warn that today is the 3rd and that if we postpone, the country would be in chaos.
Feb 03, 2022 | 10:56 AM (IST)
GATE postponement hearing begins
The Supreme Court has taken up the matter of the GATE 2022 Exam Postponement. The hearing has begun and is being presided over by a three-judge panel. Petitioners are represented by Advocate Pallav Mongia.
Feb 03, 2022 | 10:55 AM (IST)
GATE 2022: Hearing began at 11:30
The hearing on the postponing of the GATE 2022 exam began at 11:30 a.m. The Bench has taken up Item 14, and the GATE issue is listed as Item 15.
Feb 03, 2022 | 10:34 AM (IST)
The Supreme Court's Bench convenes for the day.
The Supreme Court has assembled for the day. The first matter's hearing has begun. As previously stated, the GATE postponement problem is item number 15. It would be addressed shortly.
Feb 03, 2022 | 08:35 AM (IST)
GATE candidates sign an online petition
For quite some time, GATE 2022 aspirants have been storming social media for postponement of the exam because to COVID-19. Over 60,000 candidates have signed an online petition in support of exam delays.
Feb 03, 2022 | 08:29 AM (IST)
GATE 2022 postponement plea in SC
Many students have petitioned the Supreme Court to postpone GATE 2022. CJI N. V. Ramana consented to an urgent listing of this matter yesterday, February 2, 2022, since there are just two days till the examinations begin. Advocate Pallav Mongia filed the petition on behalf of the students.
According to the petition filed by the petitioners, over nine lakh students are expected to appear for the GATE 2022 exam at around 200 GATE exam centres throughout the country.
Further, the IIT Kharagpur has not released any Covid-19 guidelines or published any exam-day instructions or procedures to assess the students' health conditions who are going to appear for the GATE exam on the aforementioned dates.
However, the institute has released a travel pass for all GATE 2022 or Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2022 aspirants who are all set to appear for the exams.
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The travel pass will assist the GATE 2022 and JAM 2022 aspirants to reach the exam centre on exam day easily in spite of the Covid-19 restrictions in different states.
Recently, on January 15, the exam conducting authority released the GATE 2022 admit card on the official website i.e. gate.iitkgp.ac.in.
Last month, a total of 23,000 GATE aspirants joined a petition protesting the exam conducting authority to postpone the GATE 2022 exam with regards to the current Covid-19 situation in the country.
According to the aspirants' petition, In view of the current third wave of Covid-19 and the spread of the new variant of Covid-19, Omicron in several cities, many studies including one by IIT Kanpur predicted that there will be a peak of the 3rd wave of Covid-19 in early February, which will most likely be ended in April 2022. Thus, the peak is expected to coincide with the usual GATE 2022 exam dates.
The petitioners also mentioned that many states in the country have already postponed some of their exams scheduled in January and February 2022, in light of the third wave of Covid-19 surfacing throughout the country.
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