Delhi HC Upholds Dismissal Of Plea Against NTA In JEE

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) New Delhi- A division bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge's order dismissing a writ petition of two JEE aspirants against the National Testing Agency (NTA), alleging discrepancies in the response sheets of the 2025 entrance exam.

The bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, however, modified the order that imposed costs on two aspirants and directed them to instead perform community service for one month.

The two judges were hearing the appeal filed by the aspirants challenging a single judge's September 22 order rejecting their claims after holding that the response sheets relied upon by them were not genuine.

The judge had considered the report submitted by the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NFCL) and imposed a cost of Rs 30,000 on each of the two aspirants.

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In a December 22 order, the high court division bench directed one of the appealants to render community service at an old age home for one month, from May 15 to June 15,“on all days between 11 am and 1 pm”.

The other appellant has been directed to render community service at a child care centre in Ghaziabad for the same period.

The division bench noted that the previous order relied on the forensic report, which found that crucial browser logs corresponding to the time of downloading the alleged scorecards were missing from the appellants' devices.

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