Overview
- A three-judge bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place a government status report by July 24 after flagging the “frustration” students faced during a July 15 hearing of a public interest litigation.
- The petition says the CBSE’s on-screen marking system produced blurred or missing scans, mismatched uploads and portal glitches that left many answers unmarked and caused unexpected drops in marks.
- The Solicitor General told the court that most individual marksheet discrepancies have been resolved and that a one-member inquiry led by S. Radha Chauhan has been appointed to review systemic faults.
- The Centre has already moved senior CBSE officials, opened a procurement review of the OSM platform and suspended use of the vendor’s interface for re-evaluation while probes continue.
- The problem touches a large cohort: the petition cites about 1.7 million Class 12 examinees and notes a fall in the pass rate to 85.2 percent, raising immediate concerns about admissions, re-evaluation remedies and rules for future digital grading.