SC junks plea to cancel remaining Class 10 exams of Rajasthan state board – india news

The remaining examinations for sophistication 10 college students of Rajasthan state board will likely be held as per schedule on June 29 and 30 after the Supreme Court docket on Sunday declined a plea by the mom of a category 10 pupil to cancel the examination in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

At a particular sitting held late night on Sunday, a 3-decide bench of the highest court docket headed by justice AM Khanwilkar declined to grant reduction to the petitioner, Maghi Devi who had moved the court docket on June 27 looking for pressing reduction in view of the very fact the exams are scheduled to start from Monday.

The bench which additionally comprised justices Dinseh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna noticed that the state authorities has taken obligatory precautionary measures and the court docket was not inclined to intrude on the eleventh hour when the exams are set to start on Monday.

The identical three-decide bench had, final week, paved the best way for cancellation of remaining CBSE and ICSE examinations in view of the Coronavirus menace.

Devi cited this facet to bolster her case.

“The Supreme Court docket had handed a route not to conduct examinations for lessons 10 and 12 of Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) and Indian Certificates of Secondary Training (ICSE) by order dated June 26, 2021”, she identified.

Greater than 1.1 million college students are showing for sophistication 10 examinations underneath the Rajasthan state board this yr. The examinations had commenced in March and have been held up until March 18 when it was placed on maintain due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subsequently, the Board of Secondary Training of Rajasthan had determined in Could that the remaining exams for sophistication 10 will likely be held on June 29 and June 30.

The petitioner approached the Rajasthan excessive court docket in opposition to that call however the excessive court docket dismissed the identical giving a inexperienced sign for holding the remaining examinations in strict compliance with the directions of the central and state authorities.

Later, Devi had additionally filed a contempt petition earlier than the excessive court docket alleging that measures to comprise Covid-19 haven’t been satisfactorily adopted by the authorities conducting the examinations. It was argued that there was no thermal screening of college students, hand sanitisers weren’t obtainable and measures haven’t been adopted to preserve social distancing in the course of the examination.

This petition was additionally dismissed by the excessive court docket on June 18 prompting Devi to method the Supreme Court docket. She argued that the excessive court docket failed to consider the very fact the kids will likely be uncovered to the danger of getting contaminated by Coronavirus jeopardizing their well being.

“The excessive court docket failed to recognize that about 120 faculties that are examination centres have been used to quarantine folks for labourers in transit”, the petition said.