Plea to scrap CBSE, ICSE Class 12 exams: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea seeking cancellation of Class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

The plea by Mamta Sharma, a Delhi based lawyer prayed that notifications issued by ICSE and CBSE postponing class XII exams to an unspecified date be struck down.

The petitioner instead urged that the exam be scrapped altogether for this academic year and marks be computed using the methodology employed last year.

The matter is being heard by a Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari.

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