[Postponement Of JEE Mains 2023] Bombay High Court Asks Petitioner To Place On Record The Rules

A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne today deferred the Public Interest Litigation filed by Activist Anubha Sahai for postponement of the JEE Mains 2023.

The counsel for the petitioner informed the court that the exams have been announced 4 months prior. However, the same was not followed. It was also submitted that the petitioner was challenging the 75% eligibility criteria in the HSC exam.

Advocate Rui Rodrigues for the Union Government informed the court that the 75% criteria is during the admission and not for appearing in the exam.

The division bench then questioned the petitioner what were the rules for the exam and asked the petitioner to place the rules on record for consideration. The bench then posted the matter to 10 January.

The PIL filed by the activist states that the National Testing Agency announced the dates of JEE Mains 2023 on December 12, 2022. The JEE Mains is to be conducted from January 24 to January 31, 2023, as per the notification.

The petition states that the dates were announced 40 days prior to the exam and that the dates are usually announced 3-4 months prior. Further, the said exams clash with the board practical exams, pre-board exams, and internal assessments of various boards.

The petitioner has also challenged the 75% eligibility criteria in class 12. The petition states that the students appearing for the exam are from the pandemic batch and that they were assessed on different scales and parameters which may not reflect their true capabilities. It states that there may be students which were assigned less than 75% but could perform better in the JEE Mains Exams and that if a fair chance was not given to them it may affect their future.

Case Title: Anubha Srivastava Sahai v. National Testing Agency and Ors.