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Plea for Cancellation of Class XII State Board Exams: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing to June 21

While noting that 24 States have cancelled Class XIIth Board Exams and 4 States have not, Supreme Court has on Thursday adjourned to June 21st the plea filed seeking cancellation of Physical exams for Class XII of State Boards, HSC and NIOS, and constitution of a Committee to decide the assessment.
A Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari also directed the plea to be served to the Standing Counsels of the States concerned, who have not canceled the exams.

"States of Assam, Punjab, Tripura and AP have not cancelled. Please serve the plea to them. List the matter on 21st." the Bench noted "24 states have cancelled the class 12 board examinations. 4 states have not cancelled. We are informed Kerala has not cancelled class 11 exams. They may be served as well" the Bench further noted. The Bench was hearing the plea filed by Child rights activist Anubha Srivastava and 7 others, on behalf of 47 students from 23 different States and 2 UTS and 3 different countries.
Published date : 17 Jun 2021 04:20PM

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