Supreme Court Cancels CBSE Medical Entrance Test, Orders Fresh Exam Within 4 Weeks

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court has scrapped the All-India Pre-Medical Test for admission to the MBBS course this year after the question paper was leaked. The top court has also ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct fresh exams within four weeks.

The court has also directed all institutions concerned to extend cooperation in conducting a re-examination for admission of students in undergraduate medical courses.

The order came on a clutch of petitions seeking a re-examination, contending that the integrity of the test had been compromised. The court also rejected CBSE’s contention that cancelling the test would delay the admission process.

The Central Board of Secondary Education, which conducts the exam, has denied there was any leak. It has also opposed holding the exam afresh, saying it will take three or four months to go through the whole process.

The results of the exam were to be declared on June 5. But a group of students moved court seeking cancellation of the exam following news of the paper leak.

Around 6.3 lakh students sat for the exam, of whom 3,722 will get admission to medical institutes across India.