The matter came to light as a consequence of the school's negligence, the marks of two students sharing identical names were inadvertently swapped. Consequently, the student who received zero marks in the 2021 examination was unable to participate in their Class XII board exams.
Court fines CBSE INR 30,000 for awarding zero marks to student
INR 30,000 fine slapped on a school for giving Zero marks to a CBSE Class 10 student in CBSE 10th Board Exams. The order is passed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The matter came to light as a consequence of the school's negligence, the marks of two students sharing identical names were inadvertently swapped. Consequently, the student who received zero marks in the 2021 examination was unable to participate in their CBSE Class 12 board exams.
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Seeking correction in her CBSE 10th Result, the student then approached the Court requesting correction of her examination results and the issuance of a revised marks certificate.
While passing the verdict, Justice Vikas Bahl observed, "It would be relevant to note that on account of the mistake made by the school not only the petitioner has suffered but even the respondent-Board had to suffer litigation expenses in the present case without there being any fault on their account."
The matter was argued in the court stating that the petitioner tried approaching the CBSE several times but she was informed that the school filed to submit the revised marks on the online portal within the designated timeframe.
It petitioner’s advocate also submitted that despite repeated requests, the school kept insisting that the application had been forwarded to the Board, but took no further action.
School opted not to cooperate despite being served a notice
The Court observed that the school's casual approach was apparent from the fact that despite being served a notice, it opted not to cooperate. Thus, the allegations presented in the petition were left unaddressed by the school.
After considering the submissions, the Court noted, "The petitioner is stated to have cleared her 11th class examination and could not give 12th class examination on account of the mistake of the school and in case the necessary directions are not passed in favour of the petitioner, then her future would be jeopardized."
The Court thus imposed a penalty of INR 30,000 on the school for its negligence. The costs were directed to be paid to the CBSE for dragging it into unnecessary litigation.
Announce new result
The Court then instructed CBSE to release new result for the petitioner and overturned the Board’s decision that dismissed the petitioner's request for rectification of her marks.
CBSE Date Sheet 2024 Awaited
Meanwhile, the Board is yet to announce the CBSE Class 10, 12 date sheet 2024. Earlier, the Board informed that CBSE Class 10 Board Exams 2024, as well as, CBSE 12th Board Exams 2024 will be conducted from February 15 to April 10. However, the Board has not released the complete schedule for board examination 2024 yet. Once released, students will be able to download CBSE 2024 date sheet Class 10,12 from the official website, i.e. cbse.gov.in and cbse.nic.in
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