The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) moved the Delhi High Court against the Central Board of Secondary Education’s On‑Screen Marking (OSM) system, alleging major irregularities in Class 12 evaluation.
NSUI president Vinod Jakhar filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking an independent inquiry into the digital marking process and relief for affected students. The plea followed protests outside CBSE headquarters in Delhi over alleged discrepancies in the OSM system.
The petition claimed that students received marks inconsistent with their performance due to blurred scans, missing pages, incomplete uploads, and mismatched answer sheets. It argued that the grievance redressal mechanism failed to provide meaningful manual verification or rechecking.
NSUI told the court that lakhs of students were affected and that the flaws could impact university admissions and scholarships. The plea demanded compensatory marks for students whose answer scripts were missing or incorrectly evaluated, reopening of the verification portal for an additional month, and government oversight to ensure transparency in future digital evaluations.
Reports cited CBSE’s acknowledgement of technical glitches, noting that over 1.27 lakh applications covering 3.87 lakh scanned answer sheets were filed soon after results were declared. NSUI said this reflected widespread concern and loss of confidence among students.
