BPSC Paper Leak : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging BPSC Exam, Asks Petitioner To Approach Patna HC
Live LawThe Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition challenging the 70th Combined Competitive Exams conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission on grounds of an alleged paper leak. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishvanathan was hearing a plea seeking the cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Exams conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission on grounds of an alleged paper leak. Refusing to comment on the merits of the matter, the bench passed the following order : " We feel that it will be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approaches the Patna HC by way of a petition under Article 226 and therefore refuse to entertain the present writ petition" Before parting, the Counsel mentioned that the site of protest where the lathi charge took place was near the residence of the Patna High Court Chief Justice and the High Court could have taken suo motu cognisance of the matter. Notably, the issue arises out of the alleged paper leak for the 70th Combined Competitive Exams conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission.