Dhaka, May 23 -- The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the provision of not reexamining answer scripts of public examinations should not be declared illegal.

In the rule, the court also wanted to know why necessary rules should not be formulated for evaluation of answer scripts.

The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with the rule after hearing a writ petition.

Education and law secretaries, and chairmen and controllers (Exam) of the all education boards were asked to reply to the rule within two weeks.

Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for the writ petitioners while deputy attorney general ABM Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar for the state.

On May...