23-04-2025
No stay on Bihar prelims exam: Supreme court finds no proof of leak
The Supreme Court on April 23 refused to postpone the forthcoming Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Main Exam on April 25, even though there has been an accusation of a paper leak in the Preliminary Exam conducted on December 13, 2024. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan rejected a group of petitions seeking cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Preliminary had claimed that questions had been leaked prior to the test and had claimed that answers were being declared through loudspeakers at some the court raised questions over the credibility of the electronic evidence produced and pointed out that complaints were mainly connected with a single centre - Bapu Pariksha Parisar - where a re-test had already been held.
The petitioners, who were being represented by Senior Advocates Anjana Prakash and Colin Gonsalves, argued that the integrity of the exam process was questioned and called for a bench, however, noted that the re-exam at the particular centre had taken care of the problem and that the allegations could not be stretched to all 900 centres in the Indian Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, representing the Bihar government and BPSC, mentioned that four series of question papers were utilised to reduce the leakage also added that of the 150 questions, just two were based directly on coaching centre equipment, which is prevalent in competitive this year, the Supreme Court instructed the petitioners to go back to the Patna High Court. In March, the High Court dismissed the petitions, claiming there was no tangible proof of malpractice in all the present appeal overturned that preliminary exam of approximately five lakh candidates was held in Bihar. The protesters have been calling for a cancellation of the entire examination process, but the Court ruling paves the way for BPSC to proceed with the Watch
