The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the cancellation of the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET). [Parveen Dabas and ors v. Ministry of Education and Ors]

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra determined that since the exam had already been re-scheduled for August 21, the Court's interference would add to uncertainty and chaos.

"Exam was held on June 18 and exam was cancelled on June 19. Exam is now scheduled on August 21 and plea challenges the cancellation of the exam and now 2 months have elapsed. Entertaining the plea at the present stage would only add to uncertainty and add to utter chaos. Devashish Bharuka says 9 lakh will appear for the exam on August 21 and thus at this late stage, cancellation cannot be challenged," the Court noted.

The Court further noted that after the government was doubly cautious after the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) fiasco, leading to the cancellation of the exam.

"Let this process go on now," it added.