New Delhi: A fresh row has erupted after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a blank mark sheet to a Class 12 student studying abroad. The matter has now reached the Supreme Court.
Social activist and lawyer Vineet Jindal posted on X that the student had appeared for the CBSE exams from Saudi Arabia but received a blank marks card upon result declaration.
“When the father of this child living in Saudi Arabia contacted me and told me that CBSE had not even given results to many children there, I couldn’t believe it. Then, when I saw the child’s mark sheet, the truth was that the child had been given a mark sheet without numbers,” Jindal posted, as reported by timesnow.in.
He has filed a petition on behalf of the child in the Supreme Court and the matter is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.
This is not an isolated incident. Similar cases have been reported in India as well. A Class 12 student named Tanishk Vats from Shahdara recently affirmed that the board issued him a ‘blank marksheet’. His father was redirected to the CBSE by school administrators when he questioned why his son was issued an empty scorecard despite appearing for all exams.
The board claimed that Tanishk must have used the wrong ink or that there may have been a mistake in writing, due to which the answer sheet could not be scanned.
The CBSE later issued a revised Class 12 marksheet to the student, which reflected 81 per cent.
Jindal has been voicing the concerns of intermediate students struggling with OSM, re-evaluation and scorecard issues. He has been filing pleas and sending notices to the concerned authorities on behalf of students.
A few days back, he filed a plea in the Supreme Court on behalf of a Class 12 CBSE student from Saudi Arabia whose result has not yet been declared.
“While CBSE declared the Class XII results on 13 May 2026, the petitioner’s result is still being shown as ‘Result Not Declared’. The issue is not limited to one student. As per information received from affected candidates, hundreds of students in South Asian countries are facing the same problem,” Jindal posted.
