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The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to put stay on the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results that was conducted on May 1 and then on May 11 this year.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: "At this stage we are not inclined to stay the result process."

The court will further hear the matter on May 20.

Earlier, the court rejected a plea for stay of the second phase of the examination, which was re-scheduled for May 11.

Meanwhile, the Human Resource Development Ministry and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) filed their replies, which will be considered by the court on the next date of hearing.

A group of AIEEE candidates, who had appeared for the exam after a delay of three hours due to a question paper leak on May 1, approached the High Court for cancellation of both the examinations saying that the students were compelled to take the exam under adverse conditions.

On May 1, the examination, conducted by CBSE, was delayed by three hours following a paper leak. The exam was scheduled at 9.30 am but was rescheduled for 12 noon on the same day.

The question paper was reportedly being sold in the open market in Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested the defaulter.

The CBSE conducted another examination on May 11 only for those aspirants who were not able to appear on the first day.

Source: igovernment