October 25, Colombo (LNW): The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition, which seeks to prevent the release of the 2024 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination results and cut-off marks, for November 18. The petitioners, who are parents of students who took the exam on September 15, 2024, allege that certain questions from Paper 01 were leaked and have requested the court to invalidate the paper and order a re-examination.
The case was taken up before Supreme Court Justice Arjuna Obeysekera yesterday (24). The court has instructed the respondents to submit their objections by November 5, with any additional objections to be filed by November 12. The court will review the facts of the case during the next hearing on November 18.
The petition aims to address concerns over the integrity of the exam process following the alleged leak.
