The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking relaxation for students appearing in JEE Advanced 2023. The plea was filed by 67 students seeking relaxation in the JEE Advanced criterion of ‘Two attempts in two consecutive years for all those students who did not appear in the exam twice or even once in 2021 and 2022. These students requested to be allowed to appear in JEE Advanced 2023 through a special provision enabling Class 12 pass-outs or its equivalent in 2021 to sit for the exam.
The plea read the class 12th pass outs of 2021 faced severe mental stress, anxiety, depression, and various in-compensable damages due to the covid wave of 2021. Their education was also severely affected by the covid outbreak in 2020 for more than a year. Some students also submitted that due to an unclear covid situation, many students took online coaching which was not as good.
The petitioners are students who had made their preparations for the JEE Examination but could not use their opportunity for the JEE (Advanced) examination mainly because of the ongoing pandemic. The students who are class 12th pass outs of 2021 could only appear in the JEE (Advanced) examination for 2021 and 2022. These students are not eligible to appear for the JEE (Advanced) examination in 2023 and are approaching the high court for a relaxation in the JEE Advanced criterion of ‘Tw attempts in two consecutive years’ through which the petitioners will be allowed to sit in the JEE (Advanced) examination to be held in 2023.
It is to be noted that the students who passed out in the class 12th exam in 2020 were granted the relaxation to appear in JEE Advanced exam 2022 if they haven’t appeared in JEE (Advanced), 2021 or JEE (Advanced) 2020 or neither of them due to the hardship faced by covid-19. It was submitted that the hardship faced by the students during the Covid wave in 2021 was also well acknowledged. In the petition filed, it is submitted that similar treatment should be accorded to the Class 12 pass-outs of 2021 as their studies were also similarly affected by the covid wave.