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Bombay High Court hearing a PIL challenging eligibility criteria of minimum 75% 12th boards marks for admission to IITs, NITs, CFTIs etc through JEE Main and JEE Advance exams.

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Bench of Acting CJ SV Gangapurwala and J. Sandeep V. Marne hearing the PIL filed by @anubha1812

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@DG_NTA in an affidavit last week stated that the eligibility criteria for NIT/IIIT/CFTI/GFTI admissions is a sound policy decision. It did not comment on IIT admissions as it is not the authority organizing JEE Advance
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In January, the court refused to order postponement of the dates of JEE Mains 2023.

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Petitioner-in-person: Some of the students who have qualified for JEE Advance, even if they qualify advance, they cannot get admission due to this criteria
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Sahai: For 2021 and 2022, students have not exhausted all their attempts.

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Bench: So for those who have passed in March April 2021 and March 2022 you are seeking relaxation?

Sahai: yes

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Bench: For 12th standard they can appear for improvement?

Sahai: Yes, once

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Advocate Joseph Thattil for intervenor: I did not appear for last year's improvement exam as the eligibility criteria was not notified.

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Thattil: I am eligible for JEE Advance. Even if I succeed in JEE Advance, I still won't be able to make it to IIT because I scored almost 72%.

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ASG Anil Singh for NTA: We are concerned with admission to NITs, IIITs etc.

Singh says the eligibility criteria is in place since 2017, and wasn't challenged

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Singh: in 21 and 22, the condition remained in the brochure but we issued a separate letter that the relaxation was one time due to COVID

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Singh: So it is not that we have removed the condition at any time. It always existed

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Singh: All these students were aware of the fact that these are the conditions. There cannot be a legitimate expectation of..... There has to be some right

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Singh: Kindly see the letter for 2021. Quotes "the above relaxation is one-time"

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Singh: Subsequent letter also says the same. And the students were aware of this.

Expectation of hope**

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Singh says that the students wanted better JEE score next year and did not take the benefit of relaxation that year.

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Bench: This brochure (info brochure for JEE Main) is issued under? There must be some guideline or regulation?

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Bench: Okay at 2:30 let us know what is this issued under

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