Delhi HC Seeks NTA's Reply On Plea Alleging Discrepancies In JEE Main 2025
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), seeking a probe into alleged discrepancies in the JEE Mains 2025 examination. The petitioner, who claimed systematic lapses and disparities in his marks, was directed to be allowed registration for JEE (Advanced).
The case has been listed for further consideration on July 25.
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The plea was filed by Shashank Shekhar Pandey, who urged the Delhi High Court to order an independent investigation into the conduct of the exam. In his petition, Pandey stated that he had attempted 46 questions, but the response sheet uploaded by the NTA reflected only 29 questions as attempted.
As a result, 17 questions—corresponding to 65 marks—were unaccounted for, leading to an NTA score of 88.5434015, which he claims is significantly lower than what he would have achieved had all his responses been properly recorded.
Pandey also pointed out errors in the official answer key and requested that these be rectified. Additionally, he sought an extension of the registration deadline for JEE (Advanced) and called for an effective grievance redressal mechanism to address such issues.
He further requested that his marks be recomputed based on the actual responses he submitted during the examination.
The JEE Mains 2025 results were declared on April 18.
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In response, the NTA argued that there is no human interference in the examination process, which is fully managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). However, Justice Mahajan observed that the case could not be resolved without examining the audit logs and stated he would need time to review them.
