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The Supreme Court connected Monday (June 8, 2026) sought a effect from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) connected a plea filed by a Class 12 pupil from Saudi Arabia seeking directions to the Board to state the results of his betterment examination.
A Bench of Justices Manmohan and Vijay Bishnoi was proceeding a petition filed by Class 12 pupil Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, who had appeared arsenic a backstage campaigner for the 2026 Class 12 betterment examinations successful Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, and Computer Science, 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 Scheme 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 claims that his results were withheld and that his presumption was reflected arsenic “RL [Result Later]”.
At the outset of the hearing, the counsel appearing for the CBSE sought clip until June 15, saying “CBSE is already overworked”. However, the Bench refused to budge and proceeded to contented announcement connected the plea and fixed the substance for proceeding connected June 12.
Expressing interest that immoderate hold successful declaring the effect could adversely impact the student’s higher acquisition prospects, the Bench observed, “This is astir the vocation of a child, helium volition miss each his admissions. Whatever it is, pain the midnight oil.”
Mr. Patel’s counsel besides told the Bench that the Board had not clarified whether the appraisal strategy would use to students appearing for betterment examinations arsenic backstage candidates. In his plea, Mr. Patel, who studied astatine the International Indian School successful Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, stated that his world records were disposable with the schoolhouse and could person been relied upon for appraisal nether the CBSE scheme.
Observing that the student’s anterior records could beryllium considered successful making the assessment, the Bench instructed the Board’s counsel to question instructions and posted the substance for proceeding connected June 12.
In his plea, Mr. Patel said that 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 effect by applying for the Board’s March 27 appraisal scheme.
