CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION vs NASHETA ZAIDI(THROUGH GUARDIAN)AND ANR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 18.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 02.12.2025 + LPA 204/2024 & CM APPL. 14538/2024 (Stay) CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION .....Appellant Through: Ms. Manisha Singh, Advocate. versus NASHETA ZAIDI (THROUGH GUARDIAN) AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Musheer Zaidi, Advocate for Respondent No.1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J. 1. The present Letters Patent Appeal1 assails the Judgment dated 09.01.20242 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) 11518/2023 titled as ―Nasheta Zaidi through Guardian Group Captain Imran H Zaidi v. Central Board of Secondary Education & Anr‖. 1 LPA 2 Impugned Judgment Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA LPA 204/2024 Page 1 of 18 Signing Date:04.12.2025 15:13:39 FACTUAL MATRIX: 2. The facts, as they emerge from the record, giving rise to the present Appeal are as follows: (a) Respondent No.1 herein, namely, Nasheta Zaidi, was a Class XII student at Respondent No.2/School when she took the Senior Secondary School Examination in the year 20233, which was conducted by the Appellant/Board herein, i.e., Central Board of Secondary Education4. (b) The dispute herein pertains to the Geography question paper attempted by the Respondent No.1 bearing Set No.2, Series No. ‘E1GFH/5’ and Paper Code 64/5/25, the examination for which was conducted on 02.03.2023. (c) The Appellant/Board had announced the results for the Class XII Exams on 12.05.2023, wherein the Respondent No.1 secured an aggregate of 92%, with 62 out of the 70 marks in the Geography paper. (d) Respondent No.1, being unsatisfied with the marks awarded to her in the paper, obtained a copy o