On Monday (February 26), the Delhi High Court directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to handle an admit card issue concerning a Class 10 student. The student, identified as a ‘private girl candidate’, was barred from entering the examination hall due to her failure to upload her domicile certificate on the CBSE website. Despite submitting the certificate later, she faced difficulties during her second paper. The court intervened, directing that she be allowed to take the remaining Class 10 board exams. Additionally, the court issued a notice to the CBSE, demanding an explanation for the incident. This incident highlights the importance of procedural efficiency and student welfare in the examination process.
NEW DELHI: On Monday (February 26), the Delhi High Court directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for its handling of an admit card issue concerning a Class 10 student. The student, categorized as a ‘private girl candidate’, faced entry refusal to the examination hall due to the non-submission of her domicile certificate on the CBSE website.
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Background
The cause of action arose when the student submitted her application for the Class 10 board exams on October 3, 2023. However, she encountered difficulty uploading her domicile certificate as she did not possess it at the time. Subsequently, on January 31, she furnished her domicile certificate to the board. Consequently, she received her admit card on February 15, enabling her to appear for the first paper.
The single judge bench of Justice C Hari Shankar said,
“This is completely unacceptable. The CBSE is expected to be vigilant regarding the entitlement of the students to appear in the examination. After issuing the admit card, stopping the student from entering the examination hall is unthinkable. The CBSE has no right, whatsoever, to do so. It is inhuman to first issue an admit card to a student, and when the student appears for the examination, make her stand outside the Examination Hall. The mother of the petitioner who is present in Court is in tears, but that is quite another matter”.
Despite possessing the admit card, the student encountered a setback on Monday morning as she was prevented from entering the exam hall for her second paper.
The bench then directed that the student would be entitled to undertake the exam and would also be granted an extension of time for completing the paper to compensate for the time for which she had to wait outside the exam hall.
“It is further made clear that if any other candidate has been thus held up outside the Examination Hall for want of uploading the domicile certificate in time, all such students will be entitled to enter the Examination Hall and undertake the examination with the extension of time.”
the bench said.
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In response to the situation, the Delhi High Court has intervened, directing that the student be permitted to take the remaining Class 10 board exams. Additionally, the court has issued a notice to the CBSE in response to the student’s writ petition. The notice demands that the CBSE provide justification as to why ‘rule nisi‘ should not be issued. A ‘rule nisi’ is a court order that remains final unless adequate reasoning is presented for its alteration.
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