Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi : The Central Board of Secondary Education said on Monday that it will approach the SC to seek more time to conduct AIPMT 2015, saying it is not possible to conduct the retest in four weeks.
A bench of justice RK Agarwal and justice Amitava Roy also ordered that fresh tests must be held within a month. They added that all institutes involved in the AIPMT exam process must co-operate with the CBSE to conduct the retest.
The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by candidates, who wrote the exam, seeking its cancellation.
The exam results, which were to be declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on June 5, have been at the centre of controversy since the irregularities were discovered.
On the last hearing, the apex court had come on heavily on CBSE, questioning the education body on its security measures to prevent such practices.
“You (CBSE) are an institution conducting the exam. Why did you not take precautions? This modus operandi was followed last year also. You must have been aware,” the bench had said while reserving its order for June 15.
The CBSE was scheduled to declare the AIPMT results on June 5, but the declaration was postponed after the apex court on June 3 directed the board not to do so till June 10 in the light of the allegations.
The SC had also given Haryana police a week to find the real beneficiaries of the illegal practices followed in the exam. The court wanted these students to be identified so they can be eliminated when the results are declared.
