Supreme Court stays IIT admissions, says fix grace marks first
The Supreme Court (SC) has stalled the counseling and admission process for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) for this academic year until it can figure out a solution over the grace marks awarded for wrong and vague questions.
A bench comprising of justices Dipak Misra and AM Khanwilkar also prevented the high courts across the country from entertaining any more petitions pertaining to this issue. The apex court’s move affects lakhs of candidates who attempted the exams and are currently undergoing counseling.
The order was passed after a petition was filed in the SC that challenged the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced) 2017 rank list along with the bonus marks awarded to aspirants who appeared for the exams. On June 4, when the answer key to the question paper was released, objections were raised over some questions in Paper I and Paper II that led to IIT-Madras — which held this year’s exams, awarding a total of 18 marks to all candidates appearing for the examination.
The petition, filed by two aspirants challenged the grace marks awarded to students who had not even attempted the seven questions, claiming it to be arbitrary and in violation of the rights of those who successfully attempted …read more
