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UPSC cheating case: SC protects Puja Khedkar from arrest till Feb 14

A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to the Delhi government and the UPSC on Khedkar’s plea seeking anticipatory bail.

January 15, 2025 / 13:18 IST
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Khedkar is accused of misrepresenting information in her application for the UPSC civil services examination, 2022, to get reservation benefits.
Khedkar is accused of misrepresenting information in her application for the UPSC civil services examination, 2022, to get reservation benefits.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday protected former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination, from arrest till February 14.

A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to the Delhi government and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Khedkar’s plea seeking anticipatory bail.

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The matter was posted for hearing on February 14. Khedkar is accused of misrepresenting information in her application for the UPSC civil services examination, 2022, to get reservation benefits. She refuted all the allegations against her.

PTI
first published: Jan 15, 2025 01:15 pm

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