SC refuses to defer Bihar Public Service Commission exam, dismisses plea claiming paper leak

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to halt the Bihar Public Service Commission’s Mains examination scheduled for Friday, dismissing petitions alleging a paper leak during the Preliminary Examinations held on December 13, reported Live Law.

In public service recruitment, the Mains is the second stage of the examination that follows a Preliminary Exam.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan dismissed several petitions challenging the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (Preliminary) conducted by the BPSC.

The petitioners claimed that the question papers had been leaked before the exam, citing WhatsApp messages and video clips. One video allegedly showed answers being announced through loudspeakers at a test centre.

Advocates Anjana Prakash and Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the digital evidence warranted a re-test. However, the bench questioned the authenticity of the digital material.

During the hearing, it was noted that the allegations focused on a single centre, Bapu Pariksha Parisar, where a re-examination had already been conducted.

Manmohan pointed out that even the petitioners’ claims indicated that the leak occurred after the candidates had entered the exam halls. Prakash contested this, stating that there was no certainty regarding that and a re-test was necessary when the process was under scrutiny, Live Law reported.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Bihar and the BPSC, argued that the commission used...

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