All India Pre-Medical Test issue: Supreme Court orders CBSE to hold re-examination in 4 weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test 2015. 

SC also directed CBSE to re-conduct the exam in four weeks. 

Over six lakh aspirants had appeared to give this exam on May 3.

A vacation bench comprising justices R K Agarwal and Amitabha Roy passed this order following the leak of the question paper and circulation of answer keys through electronic devices at different examination centres across 10 states.

The CBSE had earlier oppsed the idea of a re-examination. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, appearing for CBSE, had then said, "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." 

The Supreme Court had reserved its verdict on petition last week. The court had then said, "We are fully aware of all this. The bigger issue is that the sanctity of the examination is under suspicion. We want to be doubly sure that there is no alternative but to order re-conduct of the examination."

"We have to be doubly sure. We do not want to be criticised for any action," the bench had said and asked the police to "hunt" for other beneficiaries. "We are expecting the probe to conclude," the bench had said, adding that this was "important" to decide the future course of action.