The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea alleging widespread malpractices during the conduct of the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Preliminary Exam held on December 13 last.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan asked the petitioner to approach the Patna High Court with the grievances.
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As the bench was not inclined to entertain the plea making allegation of irregularities in the conduct of BPSC preliminary examination, the advocate appearing for the petitioner, ‘Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust’, said the entire country witnessed Bihar police’s brutality on the peaceful protesters who sought cancellation of the contentious BPSC exam.
“The advocate said, “Now this has become a routine, the manner in which paper leaks are happening.” To this, the bench said, “We understand your sentiments attached… but we cannot be the court of first instance. We feel it will be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approached the Patna High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution.”
The petitioner challenged the BPSC Preliminary Exam on grounds of an alleged paper leak. Bihar police allegedly used force to control civil service aspirants who demanded the cancellation of the preliminary examination conducted by the BPSC.
