CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Patna, The hearing on the alleged rigging in the 70th BPSC exam in Patna High Court today has been postponed. The High Court will now hear tomorrow on the matter of re-conducting the 70th BPSC Civil Preliminary Examination. A single bench of Justice A.S. Chandel will hear the petition filed by Pappu Kumar and others on Thursday. In this petition, a demand has been made to investigate the rigging in the preliminary examination and to conduct the examination again.

In fact, the controversy over the BPSC 70th PT exam in Bihar is not taking the name of stopping. A petition has been filed in the Patna High Court alleging rigging in the examination and to conduct the examination again. This petition was to be heard in the Patna High Court on Wednesday. This petition has been filed by lawyer Pranav Kumar under Article 226. The petition has demanded to cancel the exam and conduct it again and to stop the release of the result.

The petition has also requested the court not to release the result until the re-examination is done. Today was the date fixed for hearing in the High Court but due to unavoidable reasons, the petition could not be heard on Wednesday. Now the matter is likely to be heard on January 16.

Let us tell you that on January 7, a petition was heard in the Supreme Court demanding the cancellation of the 70th BPSC preliminary examination. A bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan heard the matter. In this petition, action was also demanded against the SP and DM of the district responsible for the lathi charge on the protesting students. The petition also alleged widespread rigging and demanded that it be investigated by the CBI under the chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court judge. This petition was filed by Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust.

The Supreme Court had refused to hear the petition filed demanding cancellation of BPSC prelims exam. The Supreme Court had advised the petitioner to first go to Patna High Court. The bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan had refused to hear the case. The CJI had told the petitioner's lawyer that we understand your feelings. You should have first gone to the High Court and then approached the Supreme Court. You cannot come directly to the Supreme Court.