1997 (1) TMI 553

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...., C.J. And Mr S.V. Manohar, J. ORDER 1. Special leave granted. 2. We feel a little distressed that in matter like this the High Court should have interfered with the decision taken by the Board. The contention was that the examination was cancelled on the report of a Naib Tehsildar dated 18-3-1996 who was not authorised by the Board to visit the examination center. It is irrelevant whe....

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....s were prepared to interfere and were not able to explain how the students could enter the hall with books, etc., and copy therefrom with impunity, The Superintendent of the center states that he had requested the Naib Tehsildar to stay for three hours but the Naib Tehsildar did not stay. The report of the valuers at p. 81 also goes to show that there was mass copying. The High Court brushed it as....

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....ry for the innocent students but one has to appreciate the situation in which the Board was placed and the alternatives that were available to it so far as this examination was concerned. It had no alternative but to cancel the results and we think, in the circumstances, they were justified in doing so. This should serve as a lesson to the students that such malpractices will not help them succeed....