Anomalies in pre-med test; SC seeks govt, CBSE response
19 May 2015 5:33 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and others on pleas seeking re-conduct of the 2015-16 All-India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) exam on grounds of alleged <g data-gr-id="22">large scale</g> irregularities.
A vacation bench of justices A K Sikri and U U Lalit sought responses from the Union of India, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Medical Council of India and Haryana where irregularities were detected, and fixed the pleas for hearing on May 21.
One of the petitions, filed by Tanvi Sarwal through lawyer Prashant Bhushan, said the investigation carried out by the Special Investigation Team of Haryana into alleged leak of answer keys has revealed that the accused gang operated in different states including Bihar, UP and Rajasthan.
Citing news reports, it alleged that the examination conducted on May 3 stood vitiated in the light of police probe carried out in several states, which suggest widespread ramification of the alleged leak of answer keys.
"Issue appropriate writ directing the respondent no 1 (CBSE) to forthwith re-conduct the AIPMT examination 2015-16 in order to meet time schedule as provided in the regulations on Graduate Medical Education, framed by the MCI under the Indian Medical Council Act," the petition said.
It also said the "counselling/admission" on the basis of alleged "vitiated examination" will violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution with respect to genuine candidates. “The police have suggested cancellation of the examination in the interests of justice to the genuine candidates. This is because it has so far been found in the probe that the gang was operative in different states including Bihar, UP and Rajasthan," it said.
“Any delay in conducting the re-exam will frustrate the schedule resulting in either delay in commencement of academic session for 2015-16 or reduction in seats reserved for all India quota," it said.
CBSE tightens norms on name change, date of birth
Making the changing of names or date of birth more stringent, CBSE has issued a circular saying these could be done provided court orders are produced and the changes are notified in the government gazette before publication of results. So far, changes in name/surname or date of birth could be done by affidavit followed by <g data-gr-id="50">ad</g> in newspapers. However, the latest decision has been taken after careful consideration of hundreds of applications and “genuineness” of the requests, officials in the HRD Ministry said.
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