Supreme Court of India

The Central Board of Secondary Education and Anr. v. T. K. Rangarajan and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1166
Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 22 November 2018

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Education/Educational Institutions: MBBS/MD Course – National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-UG – Bi-lingual examination – Questions set in English with an option of an additional region al language – 24,000 students took examination in tamil language – Certain mistranslations in the tamil version for 49 questions and answers – High Court awarded four grace marks for t he 49 questions, in total 196 grace marks – On appeal, held: Kno wledge of the subject in English was considered a requirement and students were expected to resolve any ambiguity by reference to t he questions in English

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