Cancellation of board exams a policy matter; can court interfere? asks HC SECTIONS Last Updated: Jun 03, 2021, 03:39 PM IST Share Synopsis A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni questioned Pune-based professor Dhananjay Kulkarni, who had filed a petition challenging the Maharashtra government's decision to cancel the SSC (Class 10) board exams this year due to surge in COVID-19 cases, as to what was the manifest arbitrariness in the said decision. Agencies The court noted that all over the country board examinations are being cancelled and the decision is being taken by expert bodies. The Bombay High Court on Thursday said examinations of Classes 10 and 12 are now being cancelled all over the country owing to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked if the court can interfere in such policy matters.