Today, on 15 June 2015, a vacation bench of the Supreme Court, comprising of Justice R.K. Agrawal and Justice Amitava Roy, by its judgment, cancelled the All India Pre-Medical Test 2015 (AIPMT 2015) which was conducted on 3 May 2015 by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). AIPMT will now have to be conducted afresh by the CBSE within next 4 weeks, as directed by the Supreme Court. It is noteworthy that on 12 June (Friday), the Supreme Court had reserved its judgment after completing the hearing, while staying the declaration of the AIPMT results. So, finally the suspense is over and AIPMT examination stands cancelled due to allegations of large-scale irregularities including paper leak and a large number of candidates getting undue benefits of the paper leak through unfair means. About 6.3 lakh students had taken the AIPMT examination.
Update (23 June 2015): AIPMT re-examination to be held on 25 July 2015 by CBSE.
Update (19 June 2015): Supreme Court extends time for retest of AIPMT 2015 and directs CBSE to declare results by 17 August 2015.
Read the FULL Judgment of Supreme Court (date: 15 June 2015):
On the previous date (12 June), the Supreme Court had observed that the examination is vitiated even if one student is being benefited illegally. The Court had also said that taking into consideration the past such incidents, CBSE ought to have been more alert about these things and that these things had been happening for last two-three years. The Court had also said that the sanctity of the All India Pre-Medical Test for admission to MBBS seats cannot be sacrificed. The Supreme Court further told the CBSE that it (CBSE) has failed and its process is outdated.
This order was passed by the Supreme Court in the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) paper leak case in which 3 writ petitions had been filed as under:
- W.P.(C) NO. 298/2015 [Tanvi Sarwal vs. Central Board Of Secondary Education And Ors.]
- W.P.(C) NO. 299/2015 [Jahnvi Shanker & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors.]
- W.P.(C) NO. 305/2015 [Adeeba Ahmed vs. Union of India & Ors.]
The Supreme Court had issued notice in this matter, as reported earlier, on 18 May 2015, seeking cancellation of the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) that was conducted on 3 May 2015 over allegations that its paper was leaked in Haryana. Subsequently, the Supreme Court had directed the Haryana Police to identify beneficiaries of the AIPMT paper leak. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSC) which conducted the AIPMT Examination was to declare the result which was to be hosted on website http://aipmt.nic.in/aipmt/Welcome.aspx.
See our full coverage on AIPMT paper leak case:
- 12 June – AIPMT paper leak – re-exam – Supreme Court to deliver its judgment on 15 June – Stay to Continue till then.
- AIPMT results declaration stay extended till 12 June by Supreme Court: 8 June 2015.
- 3 June: AIPMT paper leak re-exam : Supreme Court stays declaration of results by CBSE till 10 June.
- Supreme Court issues Notice over Cancellation of All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) over alleged paper leak in Haryana
- SC asks Haryana Police to identify beneficiaries of All India Pre-Medical Test paper leak
- Supreme Court does not order re-examination for AIPMT at this stage as investigation in paper leak continues
