India, June 13 -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) time to come out with a policy concerning private students in West Asia whose results could not be declared due to the prevailing conflict in the region.

Appearing before a bench of justices AG Masih and Vijay Bishnoi, solicitor general Tushar Mehta representing CBSE said the matter relates to a "wider" issue on which the Centre is actively considering to lay down a policy for all affected students in West Asia.

The court was hearing a petition filed by a private candidate, Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, seeking declaration of results in the Class 12 improvement examination, which was suspended due to the war. Mehta said, "This is a wider iss...