BPSC exam row: SC refuses to hear plea over alleged irregularities, police action

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to examine a plea over the alleged irregularities in the BPSC exam held on December 13, 2024, and the consequent police action on protestors.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan asked petitioner to move the Patna High Court with the grievances.

The counsel appearing for petitioner, Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust, urged the bench to consider the plea, saying the country witnessed Bihar police's brutally on peaceful protesters who sought cancellation of the contentious Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam.

"We are asking you to go to the Patna High Court,” the CJI said.

The counsel, however, said, "This paper leak is happening as a daily matter." "We understand your sentiments attached...but we cannot be the court of first instance," the CJI said, "and we feel it will be appropriate and more expeditious that the petitioner approached the Patna High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution." The lawyer informed the bench the place where police led a charge with batons on protestors was near the Patna High Court chief justice's official residence and a suo-motu note could have been taken.