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JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Case SC Hearing Today: Check case and hearing highlights (Image Credit: Pexels)JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Case SC Hearing Today : The Supreme Court heard the JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Case today, January 10. The case, filed by 22 students, challenged the Joint Admission Board's (JAB) policy change announced on November 5, 2024, and sought to restore the three-attempt rule for JEE Advanced 2025. After two postponements on January 6, 2025, and January 7, 2025, the court finally delivered a verdict on the matter today, January 10. The Supreme Court has decided to uphold the Joint Admission Board's (JAB) decision to limit JEE Advanced attempts to TWO, rather than three. However, the Court allowed the candidates who dropped out of their courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024, are allowed THREE attempts.
JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Case SC Hearing Highlights
The highlights of JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Case SC Hearing on January 10 are as follows:
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the attempt limit set by JAB for JEE Advanced from three to two.
The Court granted relief to students who dropped out of their engineering courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024, by allowing only them to participate in the exam due to the confusion caused.
The Court cited "promissory estoppel" as the reason for allowing affected students to take the exam. By citing "promissory estoppel", the Court essentially meant that the JAB must honour its initial promise because those students relied on the promise to their detriment.
The other eligibility criteria remains the same as it has been followed since 2018.
JEE Advanced 2025: JAB's Attempt Limit Policy
The Joint Admission Board (JAB) initially announced that candidates could attempt the JEE Advanced exam for three consecutive years, starting in 2025. However, in a sudden reversal, JAB decided to stick to the two-attempt limit, just 13 days after the initial announcement. This change left many students in a difficult situation, particularly those who appeared for JEE Advanced 2023 and were preparing to take the exam again in 2025, thinking they had one more attempt left.
A group of 22 students challenged this decision in the Supreme Court, arguing that the sudden policy change has disrupted their preparation and jeopardized their academic futures. They were seeking the court's intervention to restore the three-attempt rule for JEE Advanced 2025. The students also took to social media, trending hashtags like #Restore3rdAttempt and #JEEAdvanced3rdAttempt, to express their disappointment and build support for their cause.
