Court denies relief to ‘middleman’ after girl proxy caught writing Class 10 exam

The Class 10 examination at the centre, Gurukul, Kurukshetra, was happening, and on suspecting that a girl was appearing in place of the real candidate, the duty staff enquired about the matter and found that one girl was impersonating as a candidate in place of another girl. 

Justice Deepak Gupta was hearing the matter over Class 10 examinations.

The matter was further enquired into, and it was found that the petitioner had contacted a person to arrange a girl who could appear instead of the real candidate and impersonate her to appear in the exam. It was also found that an amount of Rs 4,000 was transferred by the petitioner to the said person’s account.

Advocate Vikas Bairagi on behalf of his client argued that the petitioner was falsely being implicated in the case, as he had no connection with the accused person and was willing to cooperate with the investigation.

Opposing the petitioner’s submission, Deputy Attorney General Anuj Garg for the state highlighted the co-accused’s statement alleging that the petitioner had helped in arranging an impersonator for the examination. Relying on the evidence that the petitioner had sent Rs 4,000 to one of the accused, the counsel questioned his claim of having no connection with them.

In the view of the material on record, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that the petitioner would be required to be present for the interrogation process, to probe the entire truth, because of which it might not be a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner, and dismissed the plea.

CBSE gets 3 weeks to decide on ‘golden chance’ for Class 10 students

Earlier in another ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider and decide a petition filed by the Class 10 students seeking a “golden chance” to appear for a compartment examination despite missing the deadline, alleging that a lapse on the part of their school affected their exams.

Justice Kuldeep Tiwari was hearing a plea filed on behalf of 25 Class 1o students seeking inclusion of their names in the list of candidates to appear in the compartment examinations, along with the All India Secondary School Class 12 compartment examinations scheduled to be held in July.

“In view of the above, the instant petition, at this stage, is disposed of, with a direction upon the respondents no.3 to 6-CBSE to decide the representations (Annexures P-6 and P-8) of the petitioners, within a period of three weeks from the date of this order. 6. Learned counsel for respondents no.3 to 6-CBSE is directed to inform the competent authority of the CBSE about the aforesaid direction of this Court,” the May 29 order noted.

The aggrieved Class 10 students had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court with the grievance that on account of their school’s lapse, they were unable to take their examinations properly, and requested the court’s direction to the CBSE to give them a “golden chance”.

What is ‘Golden Chance’?

It refers to a final and special opportunity granted to the students for reappearing for examinations or clearing a compartment, despite missing the regular supplementary and compartmental attempts.