Ruling out the possibility of a “third session” of JEE (Main) exam in May this year, the NTA said that “the same was unsustainable and required to be rejected”.
The plea, filed by child activist Anubha Srivastava Sahai, added that the marks scored by such students were not a “true reflection of their actual ability”.
A PIL petition argues the criterion is unfair to students who passed Class 12 in 2020-21 and 2021-2022 and were assessed on their performance in previous examinations as board exams were cancelled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Earlier the criterion was scoring 50%, why is it 75% now? Please take instructions on when this new cut-off was imposed. File your affidavit," the bench told the NTA lawyer.
JEE Main 2023 75 Per Cent Eligibility Criteria: The Bombay High Court (HC) will hear the Joint Entrance Examination(JEE) Main 2023 eligibility criteria revision plea on April 6, 2023. aaa