Mumbai: Observing that students with learning disability deserve sympathy and grace from authorities in their performance, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to pass a girl who was detained in SSC for her failure to obtain minimum marks in an optional subject.

Bhamisha Singh, who appeared for SSC examination in March 2016, passed in all the subjects but was detained as she failed to obtain minimum passing marks in Information and Communication Technology, having secured 17 out of 50 marks.