The Bombay High Court on Tuesday revoked the Maharashtra government's Common Entrance Test (CET) for Class XI admissions. The court observed that noting it was a case of ''gross injustice'' and would be a threat to the lives of students, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As per a govt notification issued in May this year, the Common Entrance Test was to be held physically on August 21 across the state for all Class X students before admission to the junior college.  The court said even if a petition challenging the notification was not filed, this was a fit case for the court to take on its own notice.

The court quashed and set aside the May 28 notification issued by the government, which said a CET would be held for all Class X students across all boards, based on which they would be able to choose their preferred college while taking admission to Class XI. The high court on Tuesday directed the state government to start the admission of students for Class 11 by considering their Class X marks and internal assessments and complete the admission process within a duration of 6 weeks.

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