Students up in Arms as Final Results Downgraded because Exams Were 'Too Easy'
KERALA, INDIA, JUL 9 – The court ruled the revised KEAM 2025 ranking method unfair to CBSE and ICSE syllabus students, overturning results after complaints about the normalization process, officials said.
- The Kerala High Court quashed the KEAM 2025 entrance exam results on July 9, 2025, due to a petition challenging the ranking method.
- The court ruled the last-minute amendment to the rank calculation formula unfairly disadvantaged CBSE and ICSE syllabus students.
- The new formula changed the weightage of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry from 1:1:1 to 5:3:2 based on an expert committee's recommendation.
- Justice D.K. Singh said the revised method adversely affected students, while Higher Education Minister R Bindu stated legal steps would follow cabinet discussions.
- The annulment disrupted the KEAM admission process and forced the government to prepare a revised rank list per the original prospectus.
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Kerala HC cancels KEAM 2025 results over unfair weightage change - The Statesman
In a major blow to the state government, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday annulled the results of the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical (KEAM) exam results, observing that last-minute changes to the prospectus were illegal.
KEAM results cancelled; new weightage criteria affect CBSE students, says Kerala HC
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