Delhi HC permits student to appear in exam after CBSE stops her

The Delhi High Court on Monday permitted a class 10 girl student to sit for exams after she was stopped by the CBSE board for examinations on account of late submission of domicile certificateThe Court said said that the student had been stopped for giving her examinations even though she had issued an admit cardThe High Court said After issuing the admit card stopping the student from entering the examination hall is unthinkable The CBSE has no right to do soJustice C Hari Shankar permitted the student to appear in the class ten examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education CBSEThe High Court passed the direction on the petition moved by a minor student through her motherThe High Court said This is completely unacceptable The CBSE is expected to be vigilant regarding the entitlement of the students to appear in the examinationIt 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 Justice Hari Shankar expressed his displeasureThe High Court directed that the student will forthwith be entitled to undertake the examinationShe will also be given extension of time for completing the paper to compensate the time for which she has had to wait outside the examination hall without undertaking the examination so that she is provided the same time to complete the paper as all other students the court further directedThe High Court also clarified that if any other candidate who 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 undertake the examination with extension of time as noted aboveNeedless to say this would be subject to the outcome of the present writ petition The permission to undertake the examination shall also be extended to the remaining papers which the students have to undertake the bench saidWhile issuing notice to CBSE and others the High Court directed to file an affidavit withing two weeks Advocate Atul Kumar accepted notice for the respondentsThe matter has been listed on April 1 for further hearingThe petitioner is a private girl candidate undertaking Class X examinations conducted by the CBSE Notice dated 5 September 2023 issued by the CBSE governing such candidates requires the candidate to upload along with the application for appearing in the examination the domicile certificate certifying that the student is a resident of DelhiThis requirement I have been informed in other similar cases was introduced for the first time this year Many students who desired to apply for the examination were therefore unaware of the requirement of uploading a domicile certificate till the issuance of the notice by the CBSE on 5 September 2023 Justice Hari Shankar saidThe court noted that the petitioner uploaded her application form for appearing in the Class X examination on the website of the CBSE on 3 October 2023Unfortunately she did not have a domicile certificate with her at that time She applied for her domicile certificate in December 2023 The certificate was actually obtained by her on 24 January 2024 the High court notedAs the certificate could not at that stage be uploaded on the website of the CBSE she physically submitted the certificate to the CBSE on 31 January 2024 She was issued an admit card permitting her to appear in the examination on 15 February 2024 the High court statedThe High court noted that on the basis of the said admit card the petitioner has undertaken the first paper of her Class X examination on 21 February 2024 She has however been stopped at the entrance of the Examination Hall this morning and has not been permitted to enter and undertake her second paperThis 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