The discrepancies were brought out in a CBSE affidavit filed in the high court today. It was filed before the division bench of acting Chief Justice Devinder Gupta and Justice K.S. Gupta. Appearing for CBSE, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Madan Lokur gave detailed subject and medium-wise statistics for the past two years (see box). The opposing parties were asked to put forward their views on the issue in court on February 16, when the case comes up for hearing again.

The petitioner, Parents Forum for Meaningful Education (PFME), say that these discrepancies are just the tip of the iceberg. The petitioner has called for complete transparency in the whole examination system. P.S. Sharda, counsel for the petitioner, claimed that CBSE did not have qualified Hindi teachers to check answer sheets in that subject, and the task was being carried out by those who had very little knowledge of the language. ``This has caused a sharp fall in the pass percentage for Hindi,'' he said, asking the court to direct CBSE to stop destroying answer sheets.