Supreme Court dismisses petitions over CBSE exam scheme for Gulf students

The case concerns writ petitions filed by students affected by the cancellation of CBSE examinations in the West Asia region due to war, challenging the Board's assessment scheme and seeking to write the exam alongside other students in compartmental exams.

Who it concerns: Petitioners: Adithian Rajmohan Nair & Ors.; Respondents: The Union of India & Ors. (including CBSE); Bench: Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale.

What the court decided

• The Court disposed of the Writ Petitions.
• The Court noted the Solicitor General's suggestion to compress the time limit for the next examination from 82 days to 70 days, leaving the decision to the respondents.
• The Court rejected the petitioners' request to facilitate them to write the exam with other students in the compartmental exam, deeming it infeasible.

Also in the document

• The Court stated that the situation was caused by a war in the Middle East, which was beyond the control of the parties or the Board.
• The Solicitor General mentioned that the Board's scheme includes a safeguard for a fresh examination once conditions in the affected countries become conducive.
• The Court expressed its inclination to dispose of the petitions to enable petitioners to compete in the next examination at the earliest point in time.