Over 6.3lakh students going through hell as SC scraps AIPMT 2015

If you are studying to pursue medical course this year and feel some people were getting undue privilege in the admission procedure, it’s time to gather high hopes.

In view of large-scale cheating in the test with students getting answers in the examination hall at many places, the supreme court has directed that All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) 2015 will be re-conducted within four weeks.

Over 6.3 lakh students will have to take fresh test, according to a news report by The Economic Times.

A vacation bench of justices R K Agrawal and Amitava Roy directed the institutions involved in conduct of the examination to render assistance to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in this endeavour within the stipulated period decided by it.

"Petitions are allowed. CBSE to hold AIPMT 2015 exam within four weeks," the bench said in its verdict.

It had said that CBSE could not be held guilty as such but taking into consideration the past incidents, "CBSE ought to have been cognisant of these things".

CBSE, represented by Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, had opposed the contentions seeking cancellation of the test, saying, "6.3 lakh students cannot be made to take the exam afresh when only 44 students have been found involved in taking benefits through unfair means."

Earlier, the vacation bench had asked Haryana Police to file a fresh report indicating the number of beneficiaries of the alleged irregularities in the pre-medical examination.

It had also asked police to identify as many candidates as possible who had been benefited from the alleged leak.

CBSE was to declare the results of AIPMT, taken by over six lakh students, on June 5.

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