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The Delhi High Court declined to direct CBSE to reopen its verification and re-evaluation portal
June 12, 2026: The Delhi High Court has refused to grant immediate relief in the dispute over the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the court declined to order the reopening of the verification and re-evaluation portal for Class 12 students, observing that such a move could disrupt the evaluation process and delay results for a large number of candidates.
A vacation bench comprising Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain noted that extending the re-evaluation timeline would have consequences beyond the one-week extension sought in the petition. The court remarked that any delay could affect students awaiting final results as well as those seeking admissions to colleges and universities. “Let individual students approach. They will take care,” the bench observed, adding that the entire process could be pushed back by nearly a month if the request was accepted.
Appearing for the Centre and CBSE, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed the plea, stating that around 17.80 lakh students appeared for the Class 12 examinations this year and over 3.8 lakh answer sheets are currently under re-evaluation. Meanwhile, NSUI alleged that several students faced issues such as blurred scans, missing pages, incomplete uploads, mismatched answer sheets, and unexpectedly low marks under the OSM system. However, the High Court held that reopening the portal at this stage could significantly delay the completion of the evaluation process nationwide.