New Delhi: An early hearing of the case against the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Class X marking scheme was allowed by the Delhi High Court on Monday.
The bench comprising Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was in agreement to prepone the next hearing date moved by the petitioner Justice for All. The court will now hear the matter on July 9. The petitioner demanded modification in the CBSE Class X board exams evaluation scheme.
Advocate Shikha Sharma Bagga filed the petition and the Justice for All organisation was represented by advocate Khagesh B Jha.
According to the petitioner’s submission, the case raises a very serious constitutional issue where the marking of students is dependant on the historical background of a school. According to the submission, the applicability amounts to showing the history to the students mainly from slums and Dalit Basti as the students in these areas have lower marks history in comparison to elite schools and a brilliant child against all odds in slum and Dalit Basti cannot score higher due to their historical background which is totally against constitutional norms, reported news agency ANI.
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