Taking note of the submission of the lawyer of the students, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar issued notice to St Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar.
St Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar received a legal notice from the Supreme Court after a total of twenty-four students in a plea alleged that the institution illegally demanded money and put undue pressure on them to take admission in Class 11 in the same school to get a good score in Class 10
Taking note of the submission of the lawyer of the students, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar issued notice to St Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar.
The Bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar ordered, "Issue notice. The counsel for the petitioner submits that in terms of liberty granted by this court, a copy of the petition has been given to the respondents. None appears for Respondent 3 (school). Accordingly, issue notice returnable on February 14…”
Earlier, it has also issued notices to the CBSE and the Centre on the plea. The plea filed by students including Subhashish Behera, through lawyer Mamta Sharma, has sought an inquiry against the school for allegedly demanding money and putting undue pressure to take admission in Class 11 in the same school to get good scores in Class 10.
The plea alleged the students received really good marks who agreed to the school's direction to take admission in the same school and paid the demanded amount. However, marks were deducted arbitrarily and illegally of those who did not agree.
It has been alleged that the school management violated the apex court’s August 5, 2021 order in which it had recorded the submissions of the CBSE that instructions would be given to all schools, affiliated to the Board, to notify the internal assessment marks, the highest average in the preceding three years and the marks assigned by the Result Committee on case to case basis.
The students have also urged the apex court to direct the school to provide answer sheets to them. They have sought a direction to the CBSE to initiate proceedings against the school for not complying with its Evaluation Policy.
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