Supreme Court Directs APAAR Consent Form to Include Opt-Out Option; Restricts Disclosure of Student Data
The Supreme Court has directed that the APAAR consent form must expressly allow parents or guardians to refuse consent. The Court also
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Delay of 8 Years Defeats Plea for Correction of DOB in CBSE Records; Article 226 Cannot Be Invoked to Bypass CBSE Bye-Laws: Delhi High Court
The Court held that date of birth dispute must first be resolved under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 before seeking correction in CBSE records.
Rajasthan HC stays CBSE’s affiliation withdrawal order; Jaipur’s Neerja Modi School gets 1 month to cure deficiencies
CBSE had withdrawn the school’s Senior Secondary affiliation citing violations of affiliation byelaws and deficiencies flagged after the November 2025 incident involving the death of a 9 yearold student.
Rajasthan High Court orders constitution of SITs to probe into dummy school menace
“The menace of dummy schools is a blight on India’s education system, undermining the principles of holistic learning and academic integrity.”
CBSE introduces Real-Time CCTV Guidelines for safer school environments
CBSE has updated Affiliation Bye-Laws, 2018 directing schools to install CCTV with real-time audio-visual recordings to ensure student safety, accountability, and compliance with NCPCR guidelines.
‘CBSE has no right to stop the student from entering exam hall’; Delhi High Court comes strongly in Domicile Certificate case
“If any other candidate that has been held up outside the Examination Hall for want of uploading the domicile certificate in time, all such students will be entitled to enter the Examination Hall and undertake the examination with extension of time as noted above.”
Delhi High Court | Student’s failure to upload Domicile Certificate does not bar Class XII CBSE Exam Appearance
Having applied to obtain the domicile certificate, ensuring that she received it before uploading her application for appearing in the Class XII examination was beyond her control. The law does not compel the performance of the impossible.
CBSE Circulars specifically proscribe any revision; marks once uploaded will be treated as final for preparing CBSE’s result: Delhi High Court
“Utter chaos will result if schools are permitted to commit errors while uploading students’ marks on CBSE’s website and thereafter, call upon CBSE to correct the marks awarded at their end.”
Date of birth mentioned in Matriculation Certification granted by CBSE must be accorded highest preference: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court directed the Regional Passport Officer to issue fresh passport to a girl by correcting her date of birth and held that the date of birth mentioned in Matriculation Certification granted by CBSE must be accorded highest preference
Delhi High Court grants relief to a student seeking admission in BITS Pilani after CBSE violates ‘legitimate expectation of the students’
The factum of the recommendation and its acceptance was kept a secret from public and students at large, until the fag end and on the very date the results were declared, it was disclosed to the students. This clearly shows the arbitrariness and lapse on the part of the Board to keep the students in the dark about the weightage formula adopted for preparation of final result.
Delhi High Court | NTA to reschedule CUET (UG) 2022 due to conflict in dates with CBSE Improvement exams; New dates to be issued by public notice
Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a student of class XIIth who is under a dilemma of whether
Cancellation of Class XII Board exams; CBSE, ICSE Assessment Schemes: Fair, reasonable and in larger public interest. Here’s why
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has refused to interfere with the assessment Scheme propounded by the
Class XII students’ evaluation scheme by CBSE and ICSE approved by Supreme Court with two additions: Here’s what we know
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has accepted the schemes presented by CBSE and ICSE for assessment
Right to control one’s identity a fundamental right; CBSE must permit change of name for just cause: SC
CBSE cannot put fetters on its duties so as to cause grave prejudice to the students with legitimate causes for changing their certificates.
Ori | [COVID] School authorities shall take all possible steps to regularize academic career of the students; Order issued in view of CBSE notification CBSE/CE/2020 dated 13-05-2020
Orissa High Court: K.R. Mohapatra J., ordered in favour of the aggrieved student in light of prevailing extraordinary situation due to COVID-19.
CBSE Compartment Exams| Students seek extension of deadline for admission to Universities/Institutes for academic year 2020-2021
After the All India Students Association has moved a letter petition on behalf of over 800 students earlier this month, a writ
COVID-19| Over 800 students approach SC against CBSE’s decision to conduct compartment exams
All India Students Association has moved a letter petition on behalf of over 800 students seeking suo moto congnizance of Supreme Court
Del HC | Re-evaluation deadline for CBSE 12th Board examination will be extended: CBSE
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., addressed a matter wherein CBSE informed the Bench that the students who appeared for CBSE 12th
One Nation One Education Board| SC refuses to entertain PIL; Says it’s not the function of the Court
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph, JJ has refused to entertain a public interest
COVID-19| SC disposes of all petitions as CBSE and ICSE propose to cancel pending Board Exams
Supreme Court: Passing final order in the CBSE cancellation of CBSE Board examination issue, the 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari