[Breaking] Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Karnataka CET Scheduled To Start From Tomorrow [Courtroom Exchange]

At the exam centres there will be many COVID-19 cases which will go undetected : Khan.

Kumar : We are not asking for cancellation, only to postpone it. This has been done in a hurry.

Adv Kumar : SOP says only 24 students per room. 497 rooms are not enough for that. Then, approx 8300 will have to be provided. The state has to clarify.

Adv Kumar : SOP only deals with Exam on July 30 and 31, does not deal with August 1 exam

Adv Anil Kumar : SOP says maximum 24 students are allowed per room in an exam centre. No material provided how many rooms are there.

Adv Anil Kumar says that the SOP says that food will be provided to COVID-19 positive students and they ambulances will be arranged for them. But Govt has not yet said how many ambulances are arranged

Adv Anil Kumar: Some homework was done to conduct SSLC exams. It was one paper per day.

AAG says over 1 lakh students have downloaded the hall tickets.

HC replies downloading the hall tickets does not mean that they will appear for the exams.

HC asks state if it is possible to provide second opportunity for #KCET

Comparison with SSLC exams is not correct. In SSLC, a student who misses the exam is allowed to re-appear. In #KCET, there is no second exam, no second opportunity : Adv Ani Kumar.