THE TRIBUNE
Thursday, November 6, 2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Be hard on cheaters in exams: SC
New Delhi, November 5
Students who cheat during exams better watch out as the Supreme Court has advised the authorities to use an iron hand to check such malpractices that affect the country’s progress and academic standards.
“We are of the firm opinion that in academic matters, there should be strict discipline and malpractices should be severely punished. If our country is to progress, we must maintain high educational standards, and this is only possible if malpractices in examinations in educational institutions are curbed with an iron hand,” the apex court observed.
A Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Markandeya Katju also ruled that even if an unauthorised chit is merely found in the possession, it is deemed to be a malpractice, irrespective of the fact whether the student had copied from the said chit.
“All that is relevant is whether the slip of paper found in the possession of the examinee pertained to the examination paper in question. If it does, then it is a malpractice,” the Bench said.
The apex court passed the ruling while upholding the appeal of a college management which challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision to condone a student’s malpractice. In this case, Vaibhav Singh Chauhan, a third year student of Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Nutrition & Catering Technology, was disqualified from attending the course for a one-year period as he was found in possession of a chit during the third year exam in 2004-05. — PTI
Thursday, November 6, 2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Be hard on cheaters in exams: SC
New Delhi, November 5
Students who cheat during exams better watch out as the Supreme Court has advised the authorities to use an iron hand to check such malpractices that affect the country’s progress and academic standards.
“We are of the firm opinion that in academic matters, there should be strict discipline and malpractices should be severely punished. If our country is to progress, we must maintain high educational standards, and this is only possible if malpractices in examinations in educational institutions are curbed with an iron hand,” the apex court observed.
A Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Markandeya Katju also ruled that even if an unauthorised chit is merely found in the possession, it is deemed to be a malpractice, irrespective of the fact whether the student had copied from the said chit.
“All that is relevant is whether the slip of paper found in the possession of the examinee pertained to the examination paper in question. If it does, then it is a malpractice,” the Bench said.
The apex court passed the ruling while upholding the appeal of a college management which challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision to condone a student’s malpractice. In this case, Vaibhav Singh Chauhan, a third year student of Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Nutrition & Catering Technology, was disqualified from attending the course for a one-year period as he was found in possession of a chit during the third year exam in 2004-05. — PTI
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