SUPREME COURT
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Ms. Jigya Yadav – Appellant
Versus
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) – Respondent
5. In order to identify the precise scope of challenge, we may now delineate the factual matrix in individual petitions.
6. CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3905 OF 2011
The appellant in this case, Ms. Jigya Yadav, has assailed the decision of the High Court of Delhi, dated 20.12.2010 in W.P. (C) No. 3774/2010, wherein the High Court rejected the prayer for direction to the Board to carry out correction of her parents' name in the marksheets issued by it. The appellant's case was that the name of her parents was incorrectly recorded as "Hari Singh Yadav" instead of "Hari Singh" (as recorded in the identity documents of father) and "Mamta Yadav" instead of "Mamta" (as recorded in the identity documents of mother). Relying upon Byelaw 69.1 of the CBSE Examination Bye - laws, 2007, the High Court affirmed the decision of the Board in refusing the desired corrections / changes. The Court relied upon the nursery application form, school admission form and stream allotment form for class XI filled by the parents of the appellant to conclude that the errors were not inadvertent, and they had consciously chosen and retained the said names despite having opportunity to rectify before the Xth standard. It obs

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