Supreme Court cancels AIPMT, directs CBSE to conduct fresh exams

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the AIPMT 2015 conducted by CBSE on May 3 due to large-scale cheating across the country at various centres.

A bench of justices R K Agrawal and Amitava Roy directed the CBSE to conduct fresh test within four weeks.

The CBSE conducts AIPMT for admission to MBBS courses in medical colleges across India.

As a result of the SC’s cancellation of AIPMT, over 6.3 lakh medical aspiring students will have to take fresh test to get admission in colleges.

The court scrapped the paper after it came to light that many students across the country managed to take electronic devices with them inside exam hall and answers were transmitted to them on the device from outside.

The court said that CBSE has been outwitted by tech-savvy students who manipulated the exam process.

The re-examination was ordered after police failed to track out all the erring students. The court said that entire exam process stood vitiated due to the cheating leaving it with no option but to scrap the exam.

It said that there would be huge injustice to genuine students who burnt midnight oil to crack the examination but failed to get through the exam due to manipulation and some other undeserving students managed to get admission.

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Source:Timesofindia