Taking cognizance of the submissions, justice S Vaidyanathan observed that it is crystal clear that the petitioner is aware of the procedures for allotment of marks in the exam. “If the relief sought for by the petitioner is granted, it will amount to multiplicity of litigations and the attempt to change the rank list at the eleventh hour which will definitely create a great repercussion throughout India,” observed the judge.

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Publishing JEE answer keys will result in more litigations, says HC
TNN | Oct 20, 2020, 04:07 IST
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Madurai: Observing that granting relief to publish answer keys will amount to multiplicity of litigations, the Madras high court has dismissed a plea moved by an engineering aspirant who sought to publish the answer keys for the drawing test for B.Arch in JEE main exam which was conducted in April this year.
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The petitioner, T Kavinraj who had completed his higher secondary attended the JEE Main exam. The petitioner sought to publish the answer key drawing test to challenge the marks awarded in the same.
Assistant solicitor general L Victoria Gowri submitted that the mode of examination prescribed for B.Arch, more particularly, drawing test is by way of pen and paper based offline mode to be attempted on a drawing sheet. Since such conduct of examination is offline mode, the key answers will not be available and the petitioner cannot insist that there should be a guideline for the experts to award marks in stages, she stated.
She submitted that the petitioner who participated in the previous examinations in January 2020, is aware of the system of conduct of the exam as there was no key answer for the subjective paper. She further submitted that the evaluation of drawings is being verified by two subject experts independently and if the scores differ by more than 25%, they are scrutinized by a head expert/examiner and if the difference between the raw marks given by the two examiners is less than 25%, then average is taken. She further contended that Delhi court alone is having jurisdiction to entertain such petitions.
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Taking cognizance of the submissions, justice S Vaidyanathan observed that it is crystal clear that the petitioner is aware of the procedures for allotment of marks in the exam. “If the relief sought for by the petitioner is granted, it will amount to multiplicity of litigations and the attempt to change the rank list at the eleventh hour which will definitely create a great repercussion throughout India,” observed the judge.