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In the Supreme Court's grading table, a transcript with no mistakes scores 100 percent, and one with up to 5 percent mistakes scores 50 percent.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“1. Without mistake = 100 % 2. Upto 1% mistake = 90% 3. Upto 2% mistakes = 80% 4. Upto 3% mistakes = 70% 5. Upto 4% mistakes = 60% 6. Upto 5% mistakes = 50%”
Advertisement No. F.6/2024-SC (RC): Court Master (Shorthand), Senior Personal Assistant and Personal Assistant, Supreme Court of India, 2024, Method of Gradation, Court Master (Shorthand).
Open the original- What it measures
- Each step in the table costs 10 marks out of 100, so the score falls by a fixed amount for each 1 percent of mistakes.
- What it does not show
- The table is for the shorthand test in this advertisement. The notice also sets a separate pass mark.