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The Union authorities informed the Supreme Court connected Monday (June 22, 2026) that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has framed a caller argumentation for evaluating backstage candidates successful West Asia whose results could not beryllium declared owed to the ongoing struggle successful the region.
A Bench comprising Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and Vipul M. Pancholi was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the CBSE, that a caller argumentation had been formulated to code the concerns of likewise placed students affected by the cancellation of examinations successful Gulf countries owing to the determination conflict.
Mr. Mehta submitted that the policy, notified connected June 21, includes a abstracted appraisal look for backstage candidates appearing for the committee examinations.
The apical tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by a backstage candidate, Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, seeking declaration of the effect of his Class XI betterment examination, which was suspended owed to the conflict.
Regular vs backstage candidates
Mr. Mehta informed the Bench that portion some regular and backstage candidates had been affected by the cancellation of examinations, evaluating backstage candidates posed a situation due to the fact that they did not person school-based appraisal records, specified arsenic periodic tests, half-yearly examinations and pre-board assessments, that could beryllium utilized for evaluation.
The instrumentality serviceman submitted that the CBSE had, connected June 21, notified a abstracted appraisal argumentation for specified candidates. Under the scheme, marks successful subjects for which examinations could not beryllium conducted would beryllium computed by assigning a 40% weightage to mentation marks obtained successful the Class X committee introspection and a 60% weightage to mentation marks secured successful the Class XII committee examination. He pointed retired that for assessing a Class X student’s performance, the mean of the candidate’s 3 highest-scoring subjects would beryllium taken and normalised against the maximum marks prescribed for each subject.
Mr. Patel had appeared arsenic a backstage campaigner for the 2026 Class XII betterment examinations successful physics, chemistry, mathematics, English and machine subject successful Saudi Arabia. However, aft the CBSE cancelled definite Class XII 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”.
While the Board declared the results connected May 13, Mr. Patel claimed that his effect had been withheld and that his presumption was reflected arsenic “RL” (Result Later), prompting him to attack the apical court.
He contended that his world records were disposable with the schoolhouse and could person been relied upon for assessment, and that the refusal to bash truthful was adversely affecting his plans to prosecute higher studies.
On Monday, Mr. Mehta informed the Bench that Mr. Patel’s result, computed nether the caller policy, had already been emailed to him and would besides beryllium made disposable done his DigiLocker account. He added that candidates dissatisfied with the results would person the enactment of appearing successful the adjacent regular examination.
Availing re-evaluation
The counsel appearing for Mr. Patel, portion acknowledging that the effect had been declared, urged the tribunal to assistance him liberty to question copies of his reply scripts and avail of re-evaluation successful accordance with the applicable CBSE regulations.
Justice Bhatti, however, pointed retired that nary specified alleviation had been sought successful the petition. He observed that courts mostly workout restraint successful examination-related disputes and noted that the petitioner’s grievance had been substantially addressed successful presumption of the caller argumentation and the declaration of his result.
Accordingly, the tribunal disposed of the petition aft taking the caller argumentation connected record. It clarified that if the petitioner had immoderate different grievance, helium would beryllium astatine liberty to avail of specified remedies arsenic whitethorn beryllium disposable to him successful accordance with law.
