Supreme Court of India

Tanvi Sarwal v. Central Board of Secondary Education and. Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 7 S.C.R. 780
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 15 June 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the examination indeed have been exposed to a cl.eep rooted conspiracy of a gang of D persons who with the aid of electronic devices have been able to access the beneficiary candidates with the answer keys during the test so as to enable them to solve the question paper.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

c Education: Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Entrance Test 2015-16 - Held by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) - Use of unfair means and malpractices through electronic 0 gadgets and devices, at the behest of a syndicate for unlawful gang - Writ petitions u/Arl. 32 in public interest, seeking annulment of the examination and direction for holding fresh examination - Plea of State and CBSE that holding of fresh examination would upset the time-schedule fixed by Supreme Courl in Mridual Dhar and Priya Gupta cases and that instead of scrapping the whole examination, action may be taken

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Of those, 2 referred to

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