Delhi High Court refuses to order reopening of CBSE re-evaluation portal for Class 12
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The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to order the reopening of the Central Board of Secondary Education’s verification and re-evaluation portal for Class 12 answer sheets, saying that doing so would delay the announcement of final results, reported Live Law.
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A vacation bench of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain added that it did not want to interfere with the ongoing process.
The portal was open from June 2 to June 7.
The court was hearing a petition by the National Students’ Union of India, the Congress’ student wing, alleging irregularities in the newly-introduced On-Screen Marking system.
The petition was filed against the backdrop of several discrepancies being flagged in the CBSE’s On-Screen Marking evaluation process.
Many students have alleged that the scanned copies of answer sheets uploaded by the CBSE did not match their handwriting, raising concerns about possible answer sheet mismatches. Students seeking re-evaluation also alleged that they faced portal failures, delays in payment confirmation and, in some cases, were asked to pay excess fees because of technical glitches.
Separately, a cybersecurity researcher, Nisarga Adhikary, has claimed on social media that he had discovered that the OnMark portal link was publicly accessible and that an analysis of its code showed vulnerabilities that could potentially allow accounts of examiners to be taken over.
In its petition, the NSUI has sought...