2021 Supreme(SC) 289
A.M.KHANWILKAR, DINESH MAHESHWARI
ANUBHA SHRIVASTAVA SAHAI – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Mr. Ravibhushan P. Adgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Gagandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rana Sandeep Bussa, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Rathi, Adv.
For Respondent(s) R.2: Mr. S. Rajappa,AOR R-2 Mr. R. Gowrishankar, Adv. R-3 (CBSE)
R-3 (CBSE) : Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri Shrivastava, Adv.
R-8 (MSBS&HSE) : Ms. Kiran Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Soumik Ghosal, AOR Mr. Gaurav Singh, Adv.
For 67564&67565/21 : Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, AOR Mr. Asish Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Mamta Sharma, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Pareena Swarup, Adv. Ms. Sadiya Shakeel, Adv.
For 67878&67880/21 : Mr. Abhishek Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Prabhu Prassana Behera, Adv. Mr. Nabab Singh, Adv. Ms. Ritika Ritu, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Pattnaik, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR
State of Tripura : Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.
State of Kerala : Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Ms. Priyanka Prakash, ADv. Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv.
State of Haryana : Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
State of Punjab : Mrs. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Karanvir Gogia, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv.
State of Assam : Mr. Devajit Saikia, Sr. Adv. (A.G.) Mr. Nalin Kohli, AAG Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. R. Baruah, Adv. Mr. A. Chaliha Mr. Vivek Sonkar, Adv. Mr. Ankit Roy, Adv.
State of Manipur : Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
R-18 : Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv. Ms. Diksha Ojha, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Nikhil Dharnidhar, AOR
State of Andhra : Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Pradesh Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv. Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Shrey Sharma, Adv.
State of Gujarat : Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
State of U.P. : Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
State of Telangana : Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR
State of Karnataka Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv. Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv.
ORDER
1. We have interacted with the learned counsel appearing for the State of Andhra Pradesh and State of Kerala, who had filed affidavit(s) stating that the Board of the concerned State has taken an in principle decision to continue with the XII standard examination.
2. As regards the State of Kerala, the issue is limited to XI standard Examination. The State of Kerala has already conducted XII standard Examination in the month of April, 2021.
3. In the present proceedings, we are focusing only on the grievance regarding the XII standard Examination of the respective Boards of different States. Resultantly, we do not wish to examine the grievance of the students of State of Kerala, who want to pursue XI standard Examination.
4. The students of XI standard from State of Kerala are free to file substantive writ petition before the High Court raising all contentions available to them. The same are kept open. The High Court may decide the said grievance on its own merits.
5. Reverting to the State of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, learned counsel appearing for the State, seeks time to take instructions on matters in respect of which certain aspects have been discussed in the cours
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