NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging the CBSE and ICSE decision to cancel the Class 12 board examinations. The top court also upheld the assessment scheme brought out by the boards to evaluate the students’ examination pattern.
The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari dismissed a bunch of petitions which challenged the cancellation of exams saying that the decision was “well-informed” and was taken at the “highest level” to protect the welfare of over 20 lakh students.
“We hold that there is no need to interfere with the scheme propounded by CBSE and ICSE. It takes into account concerns of all students,’’ the top court bench said.
Supreme Court dismisses petitions challenging the CBSE and ICSE decision to cancel examinations and also allows a go-ahead to the assessment scheme brought out by the Boards to evaluate the students’ examination pattern.
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The bench held that there is no reason to interfere with the schemes of CBSE and ICSE, as they were “fair and reasonable and takes into account the concerns of all students and are in the larger public interest”.
The bench also did not appreciate the submissions made by a private school teacher Anshul Gupta, who was appearing as party-in-person, who wanted the examinations to be held.
The bench observed that they were decisions taken by the experts in the field, on which there cannot be a “second guess” by the judiciary.
It is to be noted that on Monday, the top court had said that even though it has agreed with the evaluation scheme, it will hear the petitioners before suggesting any changes in it.