No Third Attempt for JEE Advanced, Supreme Court Makes Final Ruling

However, the Court provided relief to the students who had dropped out of their courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024, allowing them to participate in the exam. Read all the details of the case below.

The Supreme Court today declined to intervene in the Joint Admission Board (JAB)'s decision to reduce the number of attempts for the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) from three to two. At the same time, the Court provided relief to students who had dropped out of their courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024, by permitting them to participate in the exam this year.

The order was passed in response to a writ petition filed by the 22 aspirants challenging JAB's decision to limit attempts for JEE Advanced to two. On November 5, 2024, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) had initially announced that three attempts would be allowed. However, within two weeks, on November 18, 2024, the JAB reversed its decision, stating that only two attempts would be permitted.

Final Judgement - Students Dropped Out Between November 5 to 18, 2024 can Register for JEE Advanced 2025

In light of this, a bench consisting of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih ruled that - the Joint Admission Board (JAB) made a clear promise in a press release on November 5, 2024, stating that students who had taken the Class 12 exam in 2023, 2024, or 2025 would be eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced). Some students, believing this promise, decided to drop out of their courses to focus on preparing for the exam. However, when the JAB changed its decision on November 18, 2024, and reduced the number of attempts, these students were left in a difficult situation. The Court stated that it would not go into whether the JAB's decision was right or wrong, but since these students acted based on the original promise, they should not be punished for doing so. Therefore, students who dropped out between November 5 and November 18, 2024, would still be allowed to register for the JEE (Advanced).

The Court then ended the case with this decision.

What is JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility After SC Ruling Today

The JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility thus stands as follows:

• Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper (Paper I) of JEE (Main) 2025.
• Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995.
• A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in two consecutive years. (An exception of three attempts has been given to the students who had dropped out of their courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024.)
• A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
• A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program that is listed in JoSAA Business Rules of 2024, irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting “online” / at a “reporting centre” in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.

IIT Kanpur will be holding JEE Advanced 2025 on May 18. The registrations for the exam will start on April 23. Paper 1 will be held from 9 am to 12 noon and paper 2 from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Candidates must attempt both papers to be eligible for admission to the IITs. The JEE Advanced 2025 exam will be held across 222 cities in India and 2 cities abroad.

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