Case file · CBSE · surfaced 28 Mar 2018

CBSE 2018 leaks: nationwide Economics re-exam for lakhs of students

Stalled documented status: Arrests made

Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.

Handwritten copies of the CBSE Class 12 Economics and Class 10 Mathematics papers circulated on WhatsApp before the exams; the board itself received a copy of the maths paper by email nine hours before the test. Delhi Police's crime branch registered cases and questioned dozens; teachers at a private school and a tutor were arrested for the Economics leak. The Economics paper was re-held nationwide on 25 April 2018; the Class 10 maths re-exam was ultimately dropped as the leak was found confined to Delhi and Haryana.

Examination: Class 12 Economics / Class 10 Maths Board Exams 2018
Conducting body: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Exam date: 26 Mar 2018
Leak date (as documented): 26 Mar 2018
Surfaced: 28 Mar 2018
States: Delhi, Haryana, Pan-India
Candidates affected: not established
Leak vector: Exam centre
State govt at the time: BJP-led NDA (Union)
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

2,993

days (8y 73d) · last movement 2018-04-01

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

1 / 7

✓ FIR within 30 days
✗ Charge sheet within 180 days
✗ Any conviction
✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
✗ Fee refund documented
✗ Official permanently removed
✗ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Whistleblower

A handwritten copy of the Economics paper reached the CBSE chairperson by fax the evening before the exam; WhatsApp copies surfaced across Delhi-NCR the same night.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

CBSE ordered a nationwide re-exam of Class 12 Economics (held 25 April 2018); Delhi Police arrested two school teachers and a coaching tutor.

CBSE is a central board; the police case ran in Delhi.

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

28 Mar 2018

FIR registered · Delhi Police (Crime Branch)

Two FIRs over the Economics and Mathematics leaks; SIT questioning of students and tutors.

per: CBSE re-exam updates: 5 tutors, 18 students questioned by police (NDTV, 30 Mar 2018)
30 Mar 2018

Re-exam ordered · CBSE

Economics re-exam announced for 25 April nationwide; Class 10 maths re-exam later dropped.

per: CBSE re-exam updates: 5 tutors, 18 students questioned by police (NDTV, 30 Mar 2018)
1 Apr 2018

Arrest · Delhi Police

Two schoolteachers and a private tutor arrested in the Economics leak.

per: CBSE re-exam updates: 5 tutors, 18 students questioned by police (NDTV, 30 Mar 2018)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Re-exam held	CBSE	30 Mar 2018 → 25 Apr 2018	Class 12 Economics re-held nationwide; Class 10 Maths re-exam waived.

Officials & institutions implicated

Recorded at position level. A personal name appears only in the "Named individuals" table below, behind the naming gate.

Arrested

School teachers (two) and private coaching tutor, Delhi · 1 Apr 2018

Police alleged the paper was photographed at a school custody point and dictated onward.

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported CBSE re-exam updates: 5 tutors, 18 students questioned by police — NDTV · 30 Mar 2018 [archived]

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

28 Mar 2018	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
28 Mar 2018	ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED	Two FIRs over the Economics and Mathematics leaks; SIT questioning of students and tutors.
1 Apr 2018	FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE	Two schoolteachers and a private tutor arrested in the Economics leak.

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To: The Public Information Officer,
Delhi Police (Crime Branch)

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — CBSE 2018 leaks: nationwide Economics re-exam for lakhs of students

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 28 Mar 2018 concerning the question paper leak in Class 12 Economics / Class 10 Maths Board Exams 2018.
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

Regards,
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