BPSC Paper Leak: SC refuses to hear plea seeking cancellation of exam

The counsel appearing for the petitioner Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust sought to draw the court’s attention to the police lathi-charge on those protesting the alleged leak. He told the bench also comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan that “the entire nation has seen how the Bihar Police has brutally lathi charged the protesters”.

The counsel also said that lathi charge on the protesters took place near the Patna High Court Chief Justice’s residence and added that the high court could have taken suo motu cognisance. The Supreme Court bench, however, did not make any comment.

The counsel added that paper leaks were now routinely happening in competitive exams and requested the court’s intervention. But the bench did not relent and said in its order, “We feel that it will be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approaches the Patna HC by way of a petition under Article 226 and therefore refuse to entertain the present writ petition”.