Delhi High Court issues notice to NBEMS on plea alleging unfair evaluation in DNB exam
Press Trust of India | August 28, 2025 | 07:23 PM IST | 2 mins read
The petitioner claimed her answer sheets showed a clear case of discrepancy, however, there was no yardstick to ensure transparency since a revaluation option was not available.
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Check NowNEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the National Board of Examination on a doctor's plea seeking revaluation in the Diplomate National Board examination.
Justice Vikas Mahajan issued notice to the National Board of Examination (NBE) and the Centre on the petition filed by a Diplomate National Board ( DNB ) trainee doctor at Gangaram Hospital in Delhi. The court asked the NBE counsel to get instructions and posted the matter for August 29.
The petitioner has challenged the "arbitrary" condition in the August 14 notice and in clause 5.3 of the information bulletin which allows revaluation only in a rare event of an answer being wrongly marked as "not attempted" by the assessor.
The petitioner, represented through advocate Tanvi Dubey, said such a condition precludes revaluation in any other circumstance including the present one in which the evaluation has been done "arbitrarily and due to the negligent and unfair evaluation, there is a substantial difference in the actual and expected score of the petitioner".
The petitioner claimed her answer sheets showed a clear case of discrepancy, however, there was no yardstick to ensure transparency since a revaluation option was not available. The plea said the clause allowing revaluation only in cases of unattempted questions was "totally vitiated" as it closed all the room for the petitioner to raise any grievances against any discrepancies in her answer key.
It said the petitioner was only seeking an option of revaluation and not grace marks and denial of proper evaluation has caused irreparable prejudice to her, who despite her earnest academic effort, has been unjustly declared unsuccessful in the theory examination.
"As a consequence, she has been deprived of her right to appear in the practical examination, which not only wastes her years of academic training but also adversely affects her professional career and future prospects," the plea said.
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