JEE Main 2023: PIL on the 75% eligibility requirement will be heard on February 21

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) reinstated the requirement of 75% marks in the Class 12 board exams for admission to NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs in the 2023 JEE brochure.

Candidates must have received at least 75% in their class 12 board exams, with the combined marks for SC, ST, and PwD candidates being at least 65%, or they must be in the top 20% of their respective board’s successful candidates, according to an early JEE Advanced brochure published by IIT Guwahati. The top 20% criterion, however, was not previously offered for the Main exam.

Aspirants claim that those who did not achieve a 75% passing grade in their Class 12 exams, particularly those for whom this is their final opportunity to sit for the entrance exams, will be left out in the cold.

A PIL regarding the postponement of the January session of JEE Main 2023 and the 75% eligibility requirement was heard in January by a Bombay High Court bench ruled over by acting Chief Justice SV Gangpurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne.

The JEE Main exam had not been postponed by the bench. “Future exams may also be affected if orders are passed today to direct the postponement of the January exams. There don’t seem to be any unusual circumstances preventing respondents from conducting the examination in January. According to Bar and Bench, “thousands of students must have been studying for the exam.”

It had also stated that a new hearing would be held in February to address the eligibility criterion issue.