The Maharashtra State Board's Higher Secondary Certificate exams began on Tuesday. On the first day, there was confusion over cell phone restrictions in some colleges. While some colleges allowed candidates to keep their phones in the bag outside of the exam hall, a few did not even allow students inside the gate with a mobile phone.

Similar chaos was seen outside Matunga's Ruia College where students were not allowed to enter with a mobile phone. One worried candidate who had come from Wadala, said, "I knew that mobile phones are not allowed inside the exam hall. But who knew we would not be allowed to keep it in the bag too."