The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted the Goa government to conduct SSC and HSSC examinations, after the Union Home Ministry also gave permission in writing for the conduct of exams during the ongoing lockdown.
Advocate General Devidas Pangam said, that with the High Court order, there was now "no legal impediment" in holding the exams for the SSC which get underway on May 21 and the remainder of the HSSC exam which begins on Wednesday (May 20). "The stand of the government, that it is right and proper for the benefit for the student community to hold these examinations at this stage, has been vindicated by today's order of the High Court," Pangam told reporters. "The MHA has permitted the holding of HSSC and SSC examinations in the