Delhi HC issues notice on plea seeking both online, paper-based exams
Delhi high court seeks the Centre's response over adopting a dual mode for all competitive examinations since students in remote areas are not computer literate
New Delhi: Taking note of the difficulty faced by several students, the Delhi high court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking conduct of competitive examinations in both computer-and paper-based modes.
A bench headed by chief justice of Delhi high court G. Rohini sought the Centre’s response over adopting a dual mode for all competitive examinations.
The PIL, brought by social welfare activists and lawyers Girraj Singh Rawat and Ashok Kumar, sought equality for all candidates by providing an option of both computer-and pen/paper-based modes in competitive examinations.
The petitioner contended that offering only an online option for the examination was in violation of fundamental rights under Article 14 (right to equality) and Article 15(1) (discrimination against any citizen on religion, race, caste, sex) of the Constitution.
It was contended that thousands of students from remote areas who had not received basic knowledge about computers in their schools/colleges would be affected in competitive examinations that were only in the online mode.
The choice of both online- and paper-based examination is being provided by leading Indian institutions, including the joint entrance examination (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) for engineering, the petition stated.
It was further submitted that a sudden migration to conducting exams online without offering the offline mode will cause great inconvenience to students as they may not be conversant with the software.
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First Published:9 Aug 2016, 03:33 PM IST
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