Result row: Odisha HC files contempt of court case against CBSE official

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jun 20, 2017 at 2:30 PM

Cuttack: In a big jolt to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Orissa High Court today filed a suo motu contempt of court case against the board’s Joint Secretary (Academics), Manoj Kumar Srivastav in connection with the alleged discrepancies in the publication of Class-XII exam results in Bhubaneswar zone.

The High Court has directed the official to reply by July 3.

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The court has also asked the CBSE to deposit answer sheets of 18 students who had moved the court seeking re-evaluation and it had directed the board to conduct re-evaluation of these answer sheets as well.

However, marks of some of the students had decreased after the re-evaluation.

Notably, results of many students in Bhubaneswar zone of the board were kept withheld. Similarly, many students had complained of faulty evaluation leading to their poor marks.

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