NEW DELHI: Less than a fortnight before JEE-Main exam is to begin, a batch of students challenged the Joint Admission Board decision to reduce the attempt limit for JEE-Advanced from three to two and SC on Thursday agreed to hear their grievances.
JAB, through IIT-Kanpur which is organising institute for JEE-Advanced 2025, released ‘Eligibility Criteria’ for candidates appearing for JEE-(A) 2025 on Nov 5 according to which a candidate can attempt JEE-(A) maximum of three times in three consecutive years. But eight days later, the decision was recalled, reviving the earlier criteria of maximum two attempts.
One of the petitioner students who moved SC through advocate Sanjeet Trivedi, told court that he dropped from 1st year of his BTech course at NIT Silchar after the number of attempts was increased, but was left in the lurch after the decision was withdrawn, which was done in an arbitrary manner. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih agreed to hear his plea Friday with petition of other students. “Abrupt reversal of number of available attempts has jeopardised the aspirations of thousands of students,” the petition stated.
