New Delhi, The Supreme Courtroom on Monday dismissed a plea looking for a route to permit college students, who had cleared their Class 12 exams in 2023, to take part in JEE-Superior 2025 for securing admissions within the prestigious IITs.
SC junks college students’ plea over makes an attempt for JEE-Superior 2025 examination
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih noticed the matter was within the coverage area and courts ought to be sluggish in interfering in issues of academia.
The petition, filed by 18 Indian Institute of Expertise aspirants who had handed their Class 12 exams in 2023, mentioned although they have been eligible to seem for a ultimate try within the Joint Entrance Examination -Mains in 2025, they have been rendered ineligible to seem within the JEE-Superior scheduled on Could 18.
The plea claimed the petitioners have been aggrieved by the “abrupt and arbitrary policy reversal” concerning the eligibility standards for JEE-Superior 2025 by the joint admission board , which initially elevated the permissible makes an attempt from two to 3 on November 5, 2024, solely to rescind it on November 18 final 12 months.
The JAB conducts the JEE-Superior.
On Monday, the bench questioned solicitor normal Tushar Mehta why three makes an attempt have been allowed in JEE-Mains when it was restricted to 2 for JEE-Superior.
“Why don’t you restrict it to two even for mains?” the bench requested.
It added, “It is better that now you bring two for both.”
Mehta referred to a January 10 order handed by the apex court docket on a separate petition by which it famous that JAB issued a press launch on November 5 final 12 months which mentioned college students who appeared for the Class 12 examination within the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 could be eligible to seem for the JEE-Superior.
The highest court docket then famous that on November 18, 2024, one other press launch was issued limiting the eligibility solely to 2 tutorial years 2024 and 2025.
Mehta mentioned the identical November 18, 2014 press launch, which was challenged within the earlier petition, was being questioned on this plea.
He mentioned on January 10, he had argued earlier than the apex court docket that the choice notified within the November 18 final 12 months press launch was taken within the bigger curiosity of the scholars as they may not focus on their research and spent their time in getting ready for JEE-Superior within the hope of stepping into the IITs.
Senior advocate Shadan Farasat, showing for the 18 petitioners, highlighted the dichotomy between the JEE-Mains and JEE-Superior whereas referring to the variety of makes an attempt for taking part within the exams.
On March 27, the highest court docket sought responses from the Centre, JAB and others on the plea looking for their responses.
“The lack of uniformity in number of attempts in JEE-Mains and Advanced deprives the petitioners of equal opportunity to secure admission in IIT compared to students who have passed XII in 2024 and 2025,” the plea, filed via advocate Mrinmoi Chatterjee, mentioned.
Admissions within the IITs, the plea mentioned, was secured via a two-step entrance examination JEE-Mains adopted by JEE-Superior and JEE-Mains is held in two classes in a 12 months.
In its January 10 order handed on a separate petition, the apex court docket had mentioned such college students, who had withdrawn from their programs and dropped out between November 5, 2024 to November 18, 2024, could be permitted to register for JEE-Superior.