Supreme Court stays Karnataka board exam results for classes 5, 8, 9, and 11
New Delhi: In a recent development, the Supreme Court has intervened in the Karnataka board exams for classes 5, 8, 9, and 11, putting a hold on the results. The Court expressed concerns over the state government's decision, stating that it is causing distress to students, parents, teachers, and school management.
The Court's decision came in response to petitions filed by the Registered Unaided Private Schools Management Association Karnataka and others challenging the state's decision to conduct board exams. The petitioners argued that the High Court's order allowing the exams disregarded the Right to Education Act.
The Supreme Court observed that the state government's actions appeared to be in violation of the Right to Education Act and ordered that the results of the board exams be kept in abeyance. The Court also issued a notice to the respondent state, returnable in two weeks, and stayed the operation of the High Court's order until further notice.
This decision follows a series of orders over the conduct of board exams in Karnataka, with the High Court initially allowing the exams and later reversing its decision. The Supreme Court has now intervened to ensure that the future of students is not compromised.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
