Centre to decide in 2 days cancellation of CBSE, ICSE class XII exams

The Supreme Court on Monday heard petition seeking directions to cancel the CBSE, ICSE Class XII examinations.

A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar had adjourned the hearing for Monday while observing that the government is likely to take a decision on the exams by June 1.

"Be optimistic. Maybe, by Monday some resolution will be in your favour. We will hear the matter on Monday," the bench told the petitioner.

The Centre told the Supreme Court that it will take a final decision on the issue of conducting or cancelling class XII CBSE, ICSE Board exam in two days and sought time till Thursday to place its decision before the court.

"No issue. You take the decision. You are entitled to it. If you are departing from the policy of last year, then you must give tangible reasons for it," the bench told Mr Venugopal.

The petition filed by advocate Mamta Sharma asked the court to devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific time fram

The plea has stated that for the "innocent students of class XII", "step motherly arbitrary, inhuman direction" has been issued to postpone their final examination for an unspecified duration.

"In view of the unprecedented health emergency and rising numbers of the Covid-19 cases in the Country, the conduct of examination, either offline or online or blended in upcoming weeks is not possible and delay in the examination will cause irreparable loss to the students as time is the essence in taking admission in higher education courses in foreign universities," plea said.

It added that delay in declaration of result will ultimately hamper one semester of the aspiring students as admission cannot be confirmed until the result of Class XII is declared.

Supreme Court adjourns the case to Thursday while observing a similar situation last year prompted internal marking instead

— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2021