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JEE Advanced 2025 Attempt Limit Supreme Court hearing - The Supreme Court has announced its verdict on the plea regarding the attempt limit in JEE Advanced 2025 exam. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih decided that students who dropped out between November 5 and November 18, 2024 are eligible for the third attempt in JEE Advanced 2025. For all others, the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit remains unchanged. The JEE Advanced exam has been under scrutiny this year for its attempt limits. On November 5, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) announced the revised JEE Advanced eligibility criteria. Under this, students were allowed to appear for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam three times in three consecutive years. This came as a relief to many students since the JEE Mains exam also has a similar attempt limit criterion. However, on November 18, the authority retracted this decision and announced two limits only. This caused an uproar among the students who had made decisions based on the previous announcement.
Soon after the initial notification on November 5, many IIT JEE aspirants withdrew their admissions to give another chance to the JEE Advanced exam. This decision has affected the academic plans of many students. In this regard, a group of 22 students have challenged the JAB’s decision to reduce the number of attempts and demand the restoration of the old notification. Check all the latest updates for the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit case in the Supreme Court here.
As per the JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria, there is a certain attempt limit while appearing for the JEE Advanced exam. Candidates can appear for the JEE Advanced exam twice in two consecutive years. However, this year, JAB updated this criterion to three times in three consecutive years. Later on, the Joint Admission Board retracted this decision and restored the two-attempt limit in two consecutive years.
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January 10, 2025: A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih has announced the verdict on IIT JEE attempt limit case. Students who dropped out of college between November 5 and November 18, 2025 are eligible for the additional attempt. The Supreme Court has relieved many students and parents by allowing a third attempt for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam for those who made drastic changes to their academic plans such as dropping out. However, the Supreme Court has decided not to intervene with the Joint Admission Board's decisions regarding the reduction in the attempt limit in JEE Advanced 2025 for other candidates.
January 8, 2025: Students and parents remain unheard, the SC yet again defers the matter until next hearing, i.e., January 10. This hearing is extremely crucial for students who changed their academic plans due to the JAB notification on November 5 stating the revised eligibility criteria pertaining to the attempt limit in JEE Advanced 2025. With many students dropping out of colleges and enrolling into coaching classes by paying a hefty amount, all to give another attempt for admission to the prestigious IITs.
January 7, 2025: The wait of the 22 petitioners and other JEE aspirants continues as the matter gets a new hearing date, January 8. The Supreme Court could not hear the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit plea due to other priority cases.
January 6, 2025: Owing to the unavailability of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was occupied with another case, the matter gets a new hearing date, January 7. The JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit case has been marked as 'High Up on the Board/Top of the Board' to be addressed on an urgent basis by the presiding judges.
December 20, 2024: The JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit case hearing before a bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan. The hearing is postponed to January 6, 2025.
Following this decision, a group of 22 students took the matter to the Supreme Court demanding to nullify the JAB’s notice dated November 18 which restored the number of attempts in JEE Advanced to the initial two limits. The initial hearing for the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit case in the Supreme Court was set for December 20, 2024.
November 18, 2024: JAB published another press release restoring the earlier eligibility criterion concerning the number of attempts in JEE Advanced. The authority states that the decision of restoration on the old limit was made after due consideration of various competing requirements.
November 5, 2024: The Joint Admission Board (JAB) releases a press release announcing the revised JEE Advanced eligibility criteria. As per the notification, a candidate can attempt the JEE Advanced for a maximum of three times in three consecutive years.
Careers360 will keep updating all the latest news around the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit case here.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Student,
Yes your candidature is valid. The primary eligibility criterion here is that JEE Advanced can be taken in two consecutive years, which is satisfied in your case.
Hello Student,
Can you please tell us which year you passed your 12th class? The reason why I am asking this is that JEE Advanced (If you are interested in pursuing a course from IITs) is allowed for two consecutive years. The year of passing your 12th and the next
Hello Student, due to the two-year consecutive attempt rule, you are not eligible to appear for JEE Advanced . You can appear for JEE Main , State-level entrance exams, and entrance exams for private universities.
Hi Nith, admission to IITs is offered based on the score of JEE Advanced entrance exam through the counselling process. Please refer the link to know in details about the eligibility criteria of JEE Advanced https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-advanced-eligibility-criteria
Hello, to prepare for JEE Advanced 2027, start with a proper study plan, focus on NCERT concepts, practise previous year questions regularly, and revise topics consistently. It is important to build strong concepts in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, along with regular mock tests and time management practice.
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