Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Waiver Of Exam Fees For 10, 12 CBSE Students

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the CBSE and the Delhi government to waive examination fees for students of classes 10 and 12 in the current academic year in view of COVID-19 and financial problems being faced by some parents.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy, and M R Shah dismissed the petition filed by NGO 'Social Jurist' against the September 28 order of the Delhi High



Court.

"In what capacity can the court direct the government to do this? You should give a portrayal to the government...Dismissed," the seat said. 

The high court had asked the AAP government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to treat the PIL as a portrayal and take a choice "as per law, rules, regulations and government policy material to current realities of the case" inside three weeks.