# Odisha district judge exam marks tampered, court allows interview 2026-08-22T17:40:49+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Forensic examination has revealed overwriting and the use of different inks on the answer script of Geetanjali Majhi, a candidate in the 2023 Odisha District Judge recruitment examination. Majhi had been initially awarded 42 marks in Paper-III General English, three short of the qualifying mark of 45, and was excluded from the interview stage. After she noticed inconsistencies in the marks recorded on her script, the Orissa High Court ordered the answer sheet to be sent to the State Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). The FSL report found evidence of alleged marks manipulation, prompting the court to direct that Majhi be allowed to appear for the interview. The High Court has ordered that a fresh judges' committee be constituted under the Chief Justice to conduct the interview, and that the entire process be completed within two weeks. ## Indian Opinion Analysis This is not the first time alleged tampering in judicial recruitment exams has been challenged in the Orissa High Court. The process for selecting district judges is conducted by the High Court itself, making any allegation of manipulation particularly serious for the institution's credibility. The key question now is whether the forensic evidence will lead to a wider inquiry into how the marks were altered and by whom. With over 1.72 lakh pending cases in the Orissa High Court, the need for swift and clean recruitment is acute. The court's two-week deadline for the interview signals that it wants to resolve this individual case quickly, but the implications for the integrity of the entire examination process remain to be addressed. ## Coverage - odishatv.in Reports the court order and forensic findings factually, with no editorial slant or attribution beyond the court and FSL. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: District Judge recruitment, Geetanjali Majhi, Odisha, Orissa High Court, State Forensic Science Laboratory Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-district-judge-exam-marks-tampered-court-allows-interview/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-district-judge-exam-marks-tampered-court-allows-interview/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/