Supreme Court seeks CBSE’s response on plea over withheld result of student based in Saudi Arabia
Non-declaration of his results had placed his higher education plans in jeopardy, the Class 12 student has said
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CBSE subsequently issued a notification titled ‘Assessment Scheme for Declaration of Results of Class XII in West Asian Countries’ on March 27 to facilitate the declaration of results for students affected by the cancellations. Photo: Special Arrangements
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 8, 2026) sought a response from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on a plea filed by a Class 12 student from Saudi Arabia seeking directions to the Board to declare the results of his improvement examination.
A Bench of Justices Manmohan and Vijay Bishnoi was hearing a petition filed by Class 12 student Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, who had appeared as a private candidate for the 2026 Class 12 improvement examinations in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, and Computer Science, in Saudi Arabia. However, after the CBSE cancelled certain Class 12 examinations in several West Asian countries on March 15 amid the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict, he was able to appear only for the Physics and Chemistry papers.
The CBSE subsequently issued a notification titled ‘Assessment Scheme for Declaration of Results of Class XII in West Asian Countries’ on March 27 to facilitate the declaration of results for students affected by the cancellations. Under the scheme, marks for the cancelled papers were to be derived from school assessments, including the “best of the three marks obtained in quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examinations”.
The Board declared the results on May 13. However, Mr. Patel claims that his results were withheld and that his status was reflected as “RL [Result Later]”.
At the outset of the hearing, the counsel appearing for the CBSE sought time until June 15, saying “CBSE is already overworked”. However, the Bench refused to budge and proceeded to issue notice on the plea and fixed the matter for hearing on June 12.
Expressing concern that any delay in declaring the result could adversely affect the student’s higher education prospects, the Bench observed, “This is about
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