Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jun 21: On behalf of the state government, state advocate general, Madhusudan R Naik, tendered unconditional apology to the state high court for falsely telling the court earlier that grace marks had not been allotted to second PU students in mathematics subject in the examinations held this year.

Moodbidri-based Bhuvana Jyothi Education Trust had filed public interest litigation in the state high court, questioning the government's action in allotting grace marks for certain questions in mathematics paper. During the hearing, advocates representing the government and PU department had asserted that grace marks had not been given to students as it was found that none of the questions were out of syllabus to qualify for grace marks.

The litigant trust thereafter verified this claim of the government advocates by securing copies of answer sheet of students. It came to know that grace marks had indeed been given for certain questions, even when only question numbers were mentioned by students. Therefore, the trust had approached the high court again with this information. After the high court served notices on the government and PU department seeking clarification, the uncondnitional apology as above was tendered.