SANYAM GUPTA Vs. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This hearing has been done by video conferencing.

(2.) The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner - Mr. Sanyam Gupta, who is a student of Sri Venkateshwar International School, Dwarka and had appeared in the Central Board of Secondary Education ("CBSE") Class 12th examination held in February-March, 2019 and secured 95.25%. He decided to drop one year as he was desirous of obtaining admission in a premier college in the University of Delhi. The subjects he had taken in Class 12 were English Core, Economics, Physical Education, Business Studies, Accountancy and Mathematics.

(3.) In order to improve his score, the Petitioner decided to re-appear in Accountancy, English Core, Economics and Business Studies for an improvement examination. The improvement examinations for English Core, Accountancy and Economics took place on 27th February, 2020, 5th March, 2020 and 13th March, 2020 respectively. However, the Business Studies paper which was scheduled for 24th March 2020 was cancelled due to the lock down announced on account of COVID-19.