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Justice Ashok Bhushan led bench to shortly hear an urgent application moved seeking clarification on the aspect of facilities for isolation rooms at CLAT exam centres to enable the applicant, who is infected with #COVID19, to write the exam.

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The matter was item 4. But it is being taken up first.
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Bench assembles.

Advocate Garima Prashad for applicants: we want the COVID19 infected students be allowed to appear in isolation rooms

SC: we are not giving general orders. we are only permitting your client to appear in isolation room. take a print out of the order

Adv Sumit Chander: There are many students. Not only one.

SC: We are not permitting others. were are only permitting the applicant. this cannot be done at the last moment. as a special bench we are passing the order otherwise this issue is not before the court

SC: Time is short. we have to dictate the order, it needs to be uploaded. (tells Garima Prashad): take a print of the order and appear in the #CLAT exam

Adv Parameshwar for Consortium states isolation room at every exam centre

SC permits the applicant to appear for CLAT exam at an isolation centre. the applicant to provide a copy of the SC order to the exam authorities.

This order is only for the applicant and not a blanket forder for other #COVID19 infected students

Supreme Court allows COVID-19 positive CLAT aspirant to take exam at isolation centre today, order to apply only to applicant #COVIDー19 #CLAT2020 #SupremeCourtOfIndia

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