Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Bombay HC Upholds B.Tech Admission Cancellation Over Tampered CET Scorecards
This story is about a student who wanted to study engineering.
He took a big exam called the MAH-MHT-CET in April and May.
The exam gives you a percentile score, which shows how you did compared to other students.
The student showed scorecards that said he did very well, and he got a temporary spot in a B.Tech course on June 23.
But the exam office checked the official records and found his real scores were much lower.
The exam office said the scorecards were 'tampered with,' which means someone changed them.
A court in Bombay looked at the case and said it could not help the student keep his seat.
The judges said no admission can justify cheating on an exam, because it is unfair to honest students.
The court did not decide who changed the scorecards, but it let the university cancel his admission.
The Bombay High Court upheld the cancellation of Shubham Mangire's provisional B.Tech admission after finding inconsistencies in his MAH-MHT-CET 2026 scorecards.
The bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash dismissed Mangire's petition on August 14.
Mangire claimed overall percentiles of 78.874707 and 73.5482364, but the State CET Cell found his actual percentiles were 7.8474707 and 13.5482364.
The CET Cell's supplementary report concluded the scorecards had been 'tampered with / fabricated' and were not generated by the authority.
The court declined to investigate whether Mangire himself fabricated the documents, leaving further action to competent authorities.
- Who
- Shubham Mangire, a B.Tech student, and Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash of the Bombay High Court.
- What
- The High Court upheld the cancellation of Mangire's provisional B.Tech admission due to tampered CET scorecards.
- When
- The petition was dismissed on August 14, 2026; provisional admission was granted on June 23.
- Where
- Bombay High Court, Mumbai.
- Why
- The State CET Cell found the scorecards showed percentiles inconsistent with official MAH-MHT-CET 2026 data and concluded they were tampered with or fabricated.
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Bench
- Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash
- Petitioner
- Shubham Mangire
- Course
- B.Tech Renewable Energy Engineering
- Examination
- MAH-MHT-CET 2026 PCM
- Claimed Percentiles
- 78.874707 (first attempt), 73.5482364 (second attempt)
- Actual Percentiles
- 7.8474707 (first attempt), 13.5482364 (second attempt)
- CET Cell Finding
- Scorecards 'tampered with / fabricated', not generated by the authority