<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to set up a committee to deal with the frequent complaints of irregularities in competitive examinations.</p>.<p>It suggested the names of former Infosys and ex UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani and computer scientist Vijay P Bhatkar to formulate ways to tackle the problem.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices S A Bobde and Deepak Gupta said the committee should formulate ways to ensure free and fair conduct of examinations for government jobs.</p>.<p>Hearing a petition pertaining to the paper leakage of the SSC examinations 2017, the court said it may not be possible to ensure foolproof system, but the irregularities can be minimised. </p>.<p>Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for writ petitioner Shantanu Kumar, said the online examination of late has seen paper leakage and other irregularities.</p>.<p>An expert committee should be formed to prevent such possibilities, he said.</p>.<p>The court put the matter for consideration next week. </p>.<p>The examination papers of the SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) 2017 were allegedly leaked, leading to huge protests from job seekers for several days.</p>.<p>Amid the protests, the SSC had recommended a CBI probe into the allegations of the paper leak.</p>.<p>The apex court had favoured cancelling the 2017 SSC examination.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to set up a committee to deal with the frequent complaints of irregularities in competitive examinations.</p>.<p>It suggested the names of former Infosys and ex UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani and computer scientist Vijay P Bhatkar to formulate ways to tackle the problem.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices S A Bobde and Deepak Gupta said the committee should formulate ways to ensure free and fair conduct of examinations for government jobs.</p>.<p>Hearing a petition pertaining to the paper leakage of the SSC examinations 2017, the court said it may not be possible to ensure foolproof system, but the irregularities can be minimised. </p>.<p>Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for writ petitioner Shantanu Kumar, said the online examination of late has seen paper leakage and other irregularities.</p>.<p>An expert committee should be formed to prevent such possibilities, he said.</p>.<p>The court put the matter for consideration next week. </p>.<p>The examination papers of the SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) 2017 were allegedly leaked, leading to huge protests from job seekers for several days.</p>.<p>Amid the protests, the SSC had recommended a CBI probe into the allegations of the paper leak.</p>.<p>The apex court had favoured cancelling the 2017 SSC examination.</p>
