The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to cancel offline board exams this year of CBSE, CISC, NIOS, and other state boards.
The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and CT Ravikumar heard the plea today filled by child rights activist Anubha Shrivastava Sahai.
Supreme Court today said that entertaining such petitions will cause more confusion in the system. "This cannot become the norm. Such petitions give false hope to students. They will be misled by such petitions". The bench led by AM Khanwilkar also added that the concerned authorities should take this decision and called out the petition as mere ‘publicity’.
The Supreme Court also refused to entertain the petition that sought an alternate mode of assessment.
Meanwhile few state boards have already started conducting their board exams, including Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
Source: TOI Read more: Supreme Court to Hear Plea Seeking Cancellation of Offline Board Exams Today
