Staff Reporter / New Delhi
The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) over a PIL challenging the newly introduced On-Screen Marking system for Class 12 board exam answer sheets. A Bench of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain sought responses from the Centre and CBSE on the plea filed by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI).
The court has listed the matter for hearing on 12th June. The PIL questions the fairness, transparency and reliability of the digital evaluation system adopted by CBSE. It alleged that thousands of students faced problems after the Class 12 results were declared. The issues included blurred scans, missing pages, mismatched answer sheets, incomplete uploads and unexpectedly low marks.
The PIL referred to CBSE’s public communications acknowledging technical glitches in the portal used for providing scanned copies of answer books to students.
Class 12 verification, re-evaluation application remained functional from 2nd to 7th June: CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today said the application window for Verification and Revaluation for Class 12 Examination 2026 remained fully functional during 2nd to 7th of this month. During the period, more than one lakh 60 thousand candidates successfully submitted requests for over three lakh 8 thousand answer books. The system remained under continuous monitoring by dedicated cybersecurity teams throughout the operational period to prevent malicious traffic and cyber threats.
The education body has also taken note of certain media reports and social media posts regarding the functioning of the Post-Result Services Portal. To clarify doubts of some of these students and parents, CBSE informed that the message Roll Number Not Found is displayed when a candidate had not successfully applied during the first phase of the Post-Result Services process, namely the Answer Books Photocopy Application Window. It reminded that only those candidates who had applied for their scanned answer books during the preceding stage were eligible to avail the subsequent stage.
CBSE said that it remains committed to ensuring a transparent, student-centric and seamless post-result process. The Board continues to address all genuine student concerns through its grievance redressal mechanisms, helpline support and other communication channels.