{
  "id": 1124500,
  "title": "Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Student Over Tampered CET Scorecards, Upholds Cancellation Of B.Tech Admission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/bombay-hc-refuses-relief-to-student-over-tampered-cet-scorecards",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-refuses-relief-to-student-over-tampered-cet-scorecards-upholds-cancellation-of-btech-admission"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, August 15, 2026: The Bombay High Court has ruled against a B.Tech student, Shubham Mangire, who sought to restore his provisional admission to the course after discovering discrepancies in his scorecards. The court dismissed his petition, upholding the cancellation of his admission. Mangire, who appeared for the MAH-MHT-CET 2026, claimed an overall percentile of 78.874707 in his first attempt and 73.5482364 in the second, but the State CET Cell found his actual percentiles were much lower, 7.8474707 and 13.5482364. The court found that the scorecards Mangire relied upon were \"tampered with / fabricated\" and not generated by the authority. The bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash noted that the integrity of examinations and authenticity of documents are crucial when merit determines access to limited educational opportunities. The court emphasized that no admission, regardless of its importance, can justify the manipulation of an examination record, warning that such practices cause injustice to honest students.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, August 15, 2026: Extraordinary jurisdiction of this court cannot be used to protect an advantage obtained on the basis of an inauthentic document, observed the Bombay High Court while refusing to restore the provisional admission of a B.Tech student after finding that the scorecards he relied upon showed percentiles that were inconsistent with the official MAH-MHT-CET 2026 examination…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}