Nearly 6.30 lakh students may have to get ready again to take the All India Pre-Medical Test, 2015 with the Supreme Court on Friday observing that even a single entry through “illegal” means would “vitiate” the “sanctity” of the test. While reserving verdict for June 15 on pleas seeking re-conduct of the test on the ground of large scale irregularities, a vacation bench of justices R K Agrawal and Amitava Roy said, “You (CBSE) have been outwitted and outmaneuvered” by those using electronic gadgets. “Even if a single person is the beneficiary of his illegal labour, the sanctity of the examination cannot be sustained,” it said when CBSE opposed the plea of re-conduct.
Solicitor General (SG) Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the CBSE, opposed the contention seeking cancellation of the test, saying, “6.3 lakh students cannot be made to take the exam afresh when only 44 students have been found involved in taking benefits through unfair means”. At the outset, the counsel for students referred to the fresh status report of Haryana Police and sought cancellation of the examination on the ground that 44 persons’ involvement have been confirmed and the numbers are bound to rise.