Plea In SC Claims CBSE 'contradicting Its Decision', Seeks Cancellation Of Class 12 Exams

 

The Youth Bar Association filed an intervention application in a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking the cancellation of CBSE Class 12 board exams amid COVID

In the latest development, the Youth Bar Association filed an intervention application in PIL filed at the Supreme Court seeking the cancellation of CBSE Class 12 board exams. Citing that CBSE was contradicting itself as it had cancelled Class 10 board exams, The Youth Bar Association on behalf of 521 students filed a plea at the apex court. A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari will hear the PIL on Monday.

The plea opposed the decision to conduct a physical examination amid a 'medical catastrophe' and said that it was irrational, unjust and unfair. Further, the plea alleged that conducting the offline examination will be in sheer violation of the Right to Life and Personal Liberty as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. The plea termed the decision to conduct physical exercise a 'mindless service' and stated that conduct of physical examination will not take into account the COVID-19 positive students who could not appear for the exams. 

SC to hear plea filed by 7000 parents over board exams on Monday

The Supreme Court of India will hear the plea filed by 7000 parents seeking to cancel the class 12 board exams in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. The PIL was filed by the parents through advocate Mamta Sharma on Thursday and a hearing was scheduled for Friday. However, the hearing was adjourned till Monday, May 31. The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari were hearing the plea. The top court has asked the advocate to serve an advance copy to the counsel of the respondents- Centre, CBSE and ICSE. As the advocate had not served the copy to respondents, the court could not proceed with the hearing and scheduled it for May 31. The hearing will begin at 11 am on Monday. The bench told the petitioner counsel to be optimistic. "Be optimistic. Maybe there will be a resolution in your favour. Serve the other side first, so another side is represented," the Bench had said on Friday.  

CBSE Class 12 Board Exam date to be announced on June 1

Students can expect an update or a decision after the hearing in Supreme Court tomorrow. However, the final decision on conducting the CBSE class 12 board exam is scheduled to be announced on June 1, said the union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. A high-level meeting was held last week that was chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. After a five-hour-long discussion the education minister announced that they have asked CBSE, ICSE and other state boards to submit their decision in writing. The education minister will then announce the exam date and method of conducting the class 12 exam on June 1. However, it was made clear that the exam will not be cancelled. The CBSE said that the board exam will be held likely in July- August. CBSE has proposed to conduct the exam with objective questions, with reduced duration and for major subjects only.