Orissa High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Alleged Manipulation In JEE Mains Candidate’s Marks

The Orissa High Court has ordered an enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged manipulation in the mark-sheets of a JEE candidate which resulted in denial of his admission in premiere institutes like IITs and NITs. While criticising the National Testing Agency for the avoidable error, the Division Bench of Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Justice Murahari Sri Raman observed, “The career of a student being involved in this case, this Court is of the considered view that the action of the opposite party no.4 is absolutely arbitrary, unreasonable and contrary to the provisions of law.” The petitioner had appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination, 2022. Court’s Observations The Court took into consideration the sole contention advanced on behalf of the petitioner that as on the basis of the QR Code given by the NTA, the documents were downloaded from the website and also intimation was issued by the NTA stating that the petitioner had secured 98.9374067, he is entitled to get admission into institutions like IITs or NITs. “Needless to say, the CBI will take all possible steps to make thorough inquiry and submit a report, taking into account the interest of a student, who wants to take admission pursuant to marks secured by him, as per the documents under Annexures-1 to 4 said to have been provided by the opposite parties no.1 to 4,” the Court ordered.