[CBSE Compartment Exams] LIVE-UPDATES From Supreme Court

Tankha: The most important thing is that if we don’t get admission in colleges after the compartment exams are done, then our entire year gets wasted. 

Tankha: One, the students are saying that with the pandemic, would it be safe to hold the exam for lakhs of people ? This has been argued already in UGC, NEET etc.

Court: You can say that the argument is no longer res integra. 

Tankha: The problem is two-fold. The exams were notified after the Court issued notice. And now they’re saying that they will hold it from September 24.

Court: We have not issued notice yet. 

Tankha: Usually compartment exams are held before college admissions take place.

Tankha brings the Court’s attention to the Affidavit of the Respondent. 

Tankha: It’s understandable that CBSE could not hold examinations in the beginning due to COVID. Then there was a hybrid variety of exams and then results were declared. Because of that, a lot of people were facing compartment exams. 

Advocate Shakti Pandey notes that a Senior Advocate will be appearing in Item 7.

Sr. Adv. Vivek Tankha starts his submissions. 

Matter has commenced. Bench notes that Items 7 and 8 have the same issues. 

Bench comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna has assembled.