@Howzthejosh there are conflicting news on age relaxation for those going over age limit . Could you shed some light on that ?
No one knows till Feb 10 (2021 notification)
Oh, thats pretty late. I thought expeditiously would mean a notification earlier than that.
The ones with age limit or last attempt possibly prepared for a year to face a situation of not being able to appear for the exam. There are many Covid positive students you wouldn't want in your exam center because they will be the only ones forced to write the exam because of this being their last attempt, despite the Covid disruptions.
If one is Covid positive or affected, and have more attempts left, then they still have a choice to appear for the exam next year, should they choose to skip this one.
By this logic, it seems that one to one comparison of number of attempts is not how supreme court may see it, given the circumstances of different candidates are different.
So if someone qualified prelims and later get infected by Corona, would he be allowed to take Mains, if yes then would it be fair to not allow corona infected students to take prelims now?
State protocols demand a quarantine, applicable today. If it demands a quarantine then too, and if the case arises and if the number is substantial, supreme court may consider that ... But doesn't seem likely or easy to come to that decision without there being a trial cases like that, brought to their or UPSCs notice.
