COVID-19 positive and symptomatic CLAT aspirants who missed the exam move Supreme Court seeking supplementary exam

Three students who were not allowed to write the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2020) on account of testing positive for COVID-19 or for showing symptoms of the disease have moved the Supreme Court seeking a supplementary exam to be held for them..These students have moved the Apex Court citing the notification issued by the Consortium of National Law Universities on September 23 that had stated that symptomatic candidates would be allowed to write the exam in isolated rooms at exam centres..The position, however, was subsequently changed, and COVID-19 positive candidates were not permitted to take the exam which was held on September 28, the petitioners claim..Aggrieved by this change in stance, the students have sought a direction from the Supreme Court to the Consortium to conduct a supplementary exam for them as well as other similarly placed aspirants..Alternatively, the petitioners have urged the Court to direct the CLAT body to not only refund the exam fees and other monies, but also pay compensation for causing the loss of an academic year..The petition cites the judgment of the Supreme Court by which NLSIU Bangalore's notification for holding a separate entrance exam was quashed. It is pointed out that in this verdict, the Apex Court had also directed the Consortium to hold CLAT on September 28 with all the adequate safety measures in place, in line with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Standard Operating Procedure and other guidelines..[Breaking] Supreme Court quashes conduct of NLAT 2020; NLSIU to admit students through CLAT this year.This petition is filed through Advocates Shagufa Salim, Vinay Kumar and Sumit Chander..The Supreme Court had earlier allowed an applicant who was COVID-19 positive to write the entrance exam on the scheduled date and asked the CLAT body to make provisions for an isolation centre for that applicant. While doing so on the day of the exam, the Court clarified that the relief was specific to the applicant alone and did not have any bearing on any other aspirant or student..Supreme Court allows COVID-19 positive CLAT aspirant to take exam at isolation centre today, order to apply only to applicant