An Indian student from Saudi Arabia has moved the Supreme Court against the failure of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to declare his result despite an assessment scheme framed for students whose examinations in several Gulf countries were cancelled because of the prevailing security situation in the region.
Petitioner Pransu Jigarkumar Patel submitted that the delay has affected his higher education plans and his admission to the B. Tech. (Computer Science and AI) Programme at Dhirubhai Ambani University, Gandhinagar, where he was required to update his Class XII result status by June 1.
In the absence of a declaration of result by the CBSE, the admission process remained incomplete and he was unable to complete applying to other institutions.
He said his representations sent to the CBSE on May 17, May 21 and May 30 seeking a resolution of the issue went unanswered.
Contending that private candidates affected by the cancellation of examinations in West Asian countries due to war-related tensions were entitled to the benefit of CBSE’s special assessment scheme, he urged the top court to direct the CBSE to declare his Class XII Improvement Examination result.
Patel – who appeared as a private candidate in the 2026 Class XII Improvement Examination from Al Jubail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — had registered for improvement in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Computer Science after appearing in the Class XII examination in 2025.
As the CBSE cancelled several Class XII examinations in Iran, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE owing to war-related tensions, Patel was able to take only Physics and Chemistry examinations, while Mathematics, English and Computer Science examinations were cancelled.
The CBSE issued a notification on March 27, laying down an “Assessment Scheme for Declaration of Results of Class XII in West Asian Countries,” which covered students whose examinations remained pending due to cancellations.
Such students with pending examinations were to be assessed on the basis of their performance in quarterly examinations, half-yearly examinations and final pre-board examinations, with the best of the three scores being considered for the final result based on school records.
However, when the CBSE declared Class XII results on May 13, 2026, Patel’s result was not declared and his status was shown as “R.L. (Result Later)”, the petitioner submitted.
The petitioner – who studied at the International Indian School, Al Jubail — sought a direction to the CBSE to declare his result on the basis of the March 27 assessment scheme by obtaining his quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examination records from his school. Alternatively, he has sought a direction for the conduct of special examinations in Mathematics, English and Computer Science.
