# Supreme Court refuses to reopen CBSE re-evaluation portal 2026-08-25T10:53:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court has declined to direct the reopening of the CBSE Class 12 re-evaluation portal, which was set up for students to challenge results under the new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. A Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the portal was open for a fixed period and reopening it could trigger hundreds of thousands of fresh claims. "If you don't use the bus, you miss the bus," the CJI remarked. The petition alleged that OSM was introduced this year without adequate teacher training, and that technical glitches such as unreadable scans, skipped answers, and incomplete page uploads may have unfairly reduced students' marks. The court did not rule on these allegations but held that the deadline could not be extended. Students who filed for re-evaluation within the window remain unaffected, those who missed it will not get another chance through this plea. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both ndtv.com and timesnownews.com report the same outcome neutrally, but their emphasis differs. ndtv.com leads with the court's refusal and the missed-bus analogy, foregrounding the finality of deadlines. timesnownews.com leads with the OSM grievances and devotes more space to the alleged scanning errors and lack of training. The difference is framing: ndtv.com treats the petition as a missed procedural chance, while timesnownews.com treats it as a substantive complaint about digital evaluation that the court did not address. The common thread is that the CBSE re-evaluation window is closed for good, unless a new petition challenges the OSM system itself. The CBSE will now process the requests already filed within the window. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - ndtv.com (neutral report) Straight reporting of court decision, no editorialising on grievances - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Leads with OSM grievances but reports court decision without taking sides This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T13:04:12+00:00. Tags: CBSE, India, On-Screen Marking, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-reopen-cbse-osm-window/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-reopen-cbse-osm-window/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports 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. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/