The Court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking relaxation of the 75% score in higher secondary examination which is the eligibility criterion for admission to the IIT.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne was informed about the percentile calculating system and the judges found discrepancies in the system.
“There are 30 boards in the country. Not everyone releases the percentile list. In the 2019 list, for open category, the cut off was 418 in Maharashtra, it was 365 in Goa. The Goa candidate will be benefitting over a Maharashtra candidate,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
