The Delhi High Court on Wednesday appointed a committee of experts to investigate the alleged discrepancies and irregularities in JEE (Mains) 2025 exam..Justice Vikas Mahajan said the committee will probe the discrepancies in session I of the JEE (Mains) 2025 exam."Be that as it may, both the parties are ad idem that to find out the truth of the matter, it is imperative to refer the matter to the experts. Accordingly, the matter is referred to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL)," the Court ordered.The Court further directed the Director of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to complete the probe expeditiously and furnish a report in a sealed cover by May 22. Justice Mahajan said the direction is being issued because the results of JEE (Advanced) 2025 will be declared on June 2..Two candidates have approached the High Court alleging that the final scorecard with respect to the first session of the exam has been manipulated. Advocate Deepak Jain appeared for the petitioners and argued that there was a discrepancy in the scorecards downloaded by them and the composite scorecard declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Apart from facing the same issue in the first session, one of the candidates also claimed a discrepancy in the session II results. He said that the number of attempted questions was found to be incorrect. .Meanwhile, the NTA argued that there is no human interference in the exams and the whole process is done by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). "We have the audit log. There cannot be any human interference in the scorecard. NIC uploads scorecard and it has certified that there has been no manipulation in the scorecard and the response sheet," Senior Advocate Rupesh Kumar told the Court..After considering the case, the Court also allowed one of the candidates to register for the JEE (Advanced) exam on the basis of the percentile he has relied upon."Considering the peculiar facts and circumstances noted hereinabove, petitioner is permitted to register his application for JEE (Advanced). Respondent no.4/JEE (Advanced) is requested to process the said application," the Court stated. It was clarified that the interim directions are subject to the outcome of this matter and no special equity is created. Further, the candidate's result in JEE Advanced will not declared and was directed to be placed before the Court in sealed cover, the Court added. The matter will be heard next on May 23. .Advocates Deepak Jain, Jaspreet Aulakh, Anoushka Singh, Dashampreet Kaur, Sajal Gupta and Aksh Raina appeared for the candidates.Senior Advocate Rupesh Kumar with Sanjay Khanna, Standing Counsel with Pankhuri Srivastava, Alekshendra Sharma, Pragya Bhushan, Tarandeep Singh, Vilakshana Dayma and Aditya Kumar represented the NTA. Senior Panel Counsel Neha Rastogi, with Advocates Animesh Ratogi and Rajat Dubey appeared for NIC. Advocate Arjun Mitra appeared for JEE (Advanced), IIT Kanpur.Government Pleader Aastha Gupta with Advocates Manish Kapoor, Kiran Bharti and Parul Mittal appeared for the Union of India..[Read live coverage]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday appointed a committee of experts to investigate the alleged discrepancies and irregularities in JEE (Mains) 2025 exam..Justice Vikas Mahajan said the committee will probe the discrepancies in session I of the JEE (Mains) 2025 exam."Be that as it may, both the parties are ad idem that to find out the truth of the matter, it is imperative to refer the matter to the experts. Accordingly, the matter is referred to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL)," the Court ordered.The Court further directed the Director of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to complete the probe expeditiously and furnish a report in a sealed cover by May 22. Justice Mahajan said the direction is being issued because the results of JEE (Advanced) 2025 will be declared on June 2..Two candidates have approached the High Court alleging that the final scorecard with respect to the first session of the exam has been manipulated. Advocate Deepak Jain appeared for the petitioners and argued that there was a discrepancy in the scorecards downloaded by them and the composite scorecard declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Apart from facing the same issue in the first session, one of the candidates also claimed a discrepancy in the session II results. He said that the number of attempted questions was found to be incorrect. .Meanwhile, the NTA argued that there is no human interference in the exams and the whole process is done by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). "We have the audit log. There cannot be any human interference in the scorecard. NIC uploads scorecard and it has certified that there has been no manipulation in the scorecard and the response sheet," Senior Advocate Rupesh Kumar told the Court..After considering the case, the Court also allowed one of the candidates to register for the JEE (Advanced) exam on the basis of the percentile he has relied upon."Considering the peculiar facts and circumstances noted hereinabove, petitioner is permitted to register his application for JEE (Advanced). Respondent no.4/JEE (Advanced) is requested to process the said application," the Court stated. It was clarified that the interim directions are subject to the outcome of this matter and no special equity is created. Further, the candidate's result in JEE Advanced will not declared and was directed to be placed before the Court in sealed cover, the Court added. The matter will be heard next on May 23. .Advocates Deepak Jain, Jaspreet Aulakh, Anoushka Singh, Dashampreet Kaur, Sajal Gupta and Aksh Raina appeared for the candidates.Senior Advocate Rupesh Kumar with Sanjay Khanna, Standing Counsel with Pankhuri Srivastava, Alekshendra Sharma, Pragya Bhushan, Tarandeep Singh, Vilakshana Dayma and Aditya Kumar represented the NTA. Senior Panel Counsel Neha Rastogi, with Advocates Animesh Ratogi and Rajat Dubey appeared for NIC. Advocate Arjun Mitra appeared for JEE (Advanced), IIT Kanpur.Government Pleader Aastha Gupta with Advocates Manish Kapoor, Kiran Bharti and Parul Mittal appeared for the Union of India..[Read live coverage]
