SC reluctant to take up PIL on paper leaks; asks what and how much can courts do
The Supreme Court of India has expressed reluctance to intervene in a public interest litigation regarding widespread competitive examination paper leaks. The bench noted that the scope of the plea is too vast and stated it is already addressing the NEET-UG paper leak case separately.
Why it matters
The issue highlights the systemic failure of examination integrity in India, affecting millions of students and raising questions about the judiciary's role in administrative oversight.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday expressed reluctance to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention to curb question paper leaks in competitive examinations and to protect students' interests, saying the scope of the plea was too vast."What can the court do? How much the court can do," a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said when senior advocate Vikas Singh urged it to examine the plea, saying that more than 2.5 crore students had suffered due to question paper leaks in NEET and several other examinations.The bench, however, adjourned the hearing to next month, observing that it was already seized of the NEET-UG paper leak case.The court was hearing a petition by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, who said repeated paper leaks leave students in dire straits.
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