State vs UGC (Disaster management Act)
- August 29, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Polity
Context:
Supreme Court held that states are empowered under the Disaster Management Act to override University Grants Commission (UGC) exam guidelines
Concept:
- A three-judge Bench upheld the power of a State and its disaster management authority to countermand the revised UGC guidelines to conduct the final year and terminal semester examinations by September 30.
- In case of a disaster, the priority of all authorities under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 is to immediately combat the disaster and contain it to save human life.
- But the court held that the powers of the States under the Disaster Management Act do not extend to promoting students on the sole basis of their internal assessment without taking exams.