The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition seeking an additional attempt for the Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Examination Mains (IIT-JEE) 2022, alleging technical glitches and irregularities during the exam, which was held in the months of June and July, 2022.
The matter was mentioned before a Bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking urgent listing of the plea, stating that IIT JEE Advanced was scheduled to take place on August 28.
Earlier on July 29, an Apex Court Bench headed by Justice Chandrachud had ordered the National Testing Agency (NTA) to allow 15 students to participate in the additional session of JEE Main 2022, which was held on July 30, claiming that they had experienced technical difficulties in the first session.
Session I of the exam was held from June 23 to 29, whereas, the second session was held between July 25 to 30.
Multiple students who attempted the exam during these sessions, faced problems like technical glitches, change of exam centres at the very last minute and discrepancies in the answer key.
Several students complained that they were allotted centres that were not chosen by them in the first place.
As per the students, screens were frozen for around 15 to 30 minutes and extra time was not granted to them. In some cases, the timer was not visible on students’ screens.
Students and parents further claimed that the response sheets released by NTA were wrong and not the same as that of their students.
The answer key and response sheet did not match with the actual questions attempted by the students at the exam centres, they said. Some of them also cited a delay in the release of their admit cards.
Due to this, those whose exam centres were located far away, claimed that they could not reach the designated exam centres on time.
Candidates have also alleged discrepancies in their scores, with good marks inviting less percentile. Some have even stated that because of these discrepancies, they have been now rendered ineligible to apply for JEE Advanced.