Shillong, June 29 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on June 28, 2020 declined to entertain the plea filed by the mother of a student challenging the Rajasthan State Board's decision to conduct pending examinations of Class X, which were earlier postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis. The examination scheduled for June 29 and 30, 2020 for over 11 lakh Class X students. The Petitioner contended that all these students are vulnerable to coronavirus exposure; if they were to sit for examination.

A three-Judge Bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar granted the urgent hearing on the matter on Sunday (June 28), as examinations were scheduled to begin from Monday. The plea was filed by a resident of Bikaner, who moved the Apex Court challenging the Rajas...