Candidates resort to malpractices in exams which reminds of 'Munnabhai MBBS': HC

Several candidates resort to malpractices in medical examinations and this reminds of Munnabhai MBBS movie the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court said while refusing relief to a person who was not permitted to appear for the NEET exam as he did not have a required documentA division bench of Justices R V Ghuge and Y G Khobragade in its October 31 judgment dismissed the petition filed by a 49yearold doctor Shyamsundar Patil seeking a direction to the National Board of Examinations to hold the National EligibilityCumEntrance Test for Super Specialty 2023 exam for himPatil was not permitted to enter the examination centre at Hyderabad in September as he did not have a physical copy of his permanent registration certificate issued by the Medical CouncilPatil claimed that he had a copy of the same on his phone but since mobile phones were prohibited in the exam centres he was not allowed to enterThe bench however said the authorities cannot be faultedThe court said as a result of technological advancement and development there are instances when students have resorted to various methodstactics of manufacturing admit cards identity cards hacking websites and carrying airpods or electronic earbuds in the examination hall in order to resort to malpractices in the examinationsWe are reminded of the movie Munnabhai MBBS and it would not be too much to say that there are several candidates who resort to such practices There are instances when the results of the NEETUG and PG exams are hacked by hackers results are manufactured and higher scores in the examination results are published on such fictitious websites the court saidIt added that the examination authority had been consistently informing the candidates as to what documents they should be carrying along with them to the examination hall and which are the electronic instruments and gadgets that are to be left behind and are not to be carried to the hallThe purpose behind this mechanism is to ensure that the examination is conducted in a fair manner and that a proxy candidate or a candidate resorting to unfair means does not participate in the examination it addedThe bench noted that the petitioner had not carried a copy of his registration certificate and had relied on showing it on his mobile phone at the examination centre and hence laches cannot be attributed to the authoritiesHad the petitioner carried the Medical Registration certificate there was no embargo for him to enter the examination hall Therefore it could only be said that the petitioner should blame himself for having failed in strictly following the standing instructions for the students the court saidThe bench said it would not be reasonable and appropriate to direct the authorities to hold a fresh examination only for the petitionerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever