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The Union authorities connected Friday (June 12, 2026) informed the Supreme Court that it was considering a argumentation to accommodate backstage students successful West Asia whose examination results could not beryllium declared by the CBSE owing to the prevailing struggle successful the region.
A Bench of Justices Augustine George Masih and Vijay Bishnoi was informed by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that a determination was apt to beryllium taken shortly. He accordingly requested the Bench to defer the proceeding to June 22. “This is simply a wider issue. The authorities is considering laying down immoderate argumentation for likewise situated students,” the instrumentality serviceman submitted.
The apical tribunal was proceeding a plea filed by Class 12 pupil Pransu Jigarkumar Patel from Saudi Arabia seeking directions to the Board to state the results of his betterment examination.
Mr. Patel had appeared arsenic a backstage campaigner for the 2026 Class 12 betterment examinations successful physics, chemistry, mathematics, English and machine subject successful Saudi Arabia. However, aft the CBSE cancelled definite Class 12 examinations successful respective West Asian countries connected March 15 amid the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict, helium was capable to look lone for the physics and chemistry papers.
The CBSE subsequently issued a notification titled ‘Assessment strategy for declaration of results of Class XII successful West Asian countries’ connected March 27 to facilitate the declaration of results for students affected by the cancellations. Under the scheme, marks for the cancelled papers were to beryllium derived from schoolhouse assessments, including the “best of the 3 marks obtained successful quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examinations”.
The Board declared the results connected May 13. However, Mr. Patel claimed that his effect was withheld and that his presumption was reflected arsenic “RL (Result Later)”, prompting him to attack the apical court.
Hearing connected June 22
On Friday, the counsel appearing for Mr. Patel submitted that the CBSE already had a argumentation governing students whose examinations had been disrupted by the conflict. The Bench, however, observed that it would defer the substance to June 22 to alteration the Centre to spot its projected argumentation connected record.
“If specifically they [the Centre] are taking attraction of you, what is incorrect successful that? You privation alleviation oregon not?” the Bench asked.
In his plea, Mr. Patel said the non-declaration of his results had placed his higher acquisition plans successful jeopardy and amounted to a usurpation of his law guarantees.
The plea alleged that helium was being subjected to “hostile discrimination” contempt being likewise situated to different students affected by the cancellation of examinations successful West Asian countries. It further contended that a pupil could not beryllium made to endure connected relationship of examinations being cancelled owed to war-related circumstances beyond their control.
According to the plea, representations submitted by Mr. Patel connected May 17, May 21 and May 30 requesting solution of the contented remained unanswered. He truthful urged the apical tribunal to nonstop the Union Ministry of Education, the CBSE and the CBSE Regional Officer astatine Dubai to state his result.
