JEE Main 2023: Petition on postponement of exam on Jan 10

JEE Main 2023: The petitioner claimed that the class 12 students will have their practical exams, vivas, etc in January, which will coincide with the JEE Main 2023 January session.

JEE Main 2023: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday held the first hearing of the plea filed on ​​December 26 for rescheduling JEE Main 2023 exam, which is to be conducted in January. A division bench of Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne have asked the petitioner to submit relevant evidences and the next hearing on the case will be conducted on January 10. 

        Apart from postponing the exam, the PIL has also urged the National testing Agency (NTA) to remove the 75 per cent eligibility criterion. 

This petition has been filed by activist Anubha Srivastava Sahai against the National Testing Agency (NTA). The petitioner claimed that the class 12 students will have their practical exams, vivas, etc in January, which will coincide with the JEE Main 2023 January session. Even the HSC, CBSE, ICSE (class 12) exams are scheduled to begin on February 1, which will make the exam calendar chaotic for class 12 students.

” Where are the rules for the exams? We have to see how the rules are unfair. How can you say they are unfair? How can you file a petition without rules which you have challenged? You place those on record,” the bench told the petitioner.

The PIL also urged the authorities to remove the 75 per cent criterion as “the marks scored by them is not a true reflection of their actual ability therefore those students with less marks than the eligibility criteria (75%) for this year’s examinations can score very high marks in the upcoming JEE Main 2023, and if a fair chance is denied to them that will affect the future (of) lakhs of bright (students),” the PIL stated.