Kerala High Court dismissed the state’s appeal, calling the last-minute KEAM prospectus change “illegal, arbitrary, and unjustified.” The original formula from the February 19 prospectus will now apply to the 2025 rank list.
Kochi: Today, on July 10, the Kerala High Court’s division bench has dismissed the appeal filed by the state government and upheld the earlier decision of a single judge, which struck down a last-minute change made to the KEAM 2025 entrance exam rules.
This verdict is a big win for the group of CBSE students who had challenged the last-minute move by the state.
The division bench, consisting of Justices Anil K Narendran and Muralee Krishna S, said that it found
“absolutely no reason to interfere with the decision of the single judge”
and dismissed the government’s appeal against the order passed on July 9.
The issue began when the Kerala government made a sudden change to the KEAM 2025 entrance exam prospectus on July 1, just one hour before the official rank list was to be released.
This change affected how the final scores of candidates would be calculated. A group of CBSE students who had appeared for the exam filed a petition in the High Court against this decision.
Justice D K Singh, the single judge who heard the case earlier, called the government’s decision
“illegal, arbitrary, and unjustified”.
He also said that the timing of the decision appeared suspicious, raising questions about its fairness.
The judge further ordered that the rank list should be reissued using the original formula mentioned in the February 19 prospectus, and not the last-minute revised method.
In Thursday’s order, the division bench made it clear that they were in full agreement with the earlier ruling.
They said,
“We are confirming the order of the single judge,” and added that a detailed order would be available in a couple of days.
This judgment reaffirms the importance of transparency and fairness in the conduct of entrance exams, especially when the futures of thousands of students are involved.
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By refusing to allow a sudden change just before the declaration of results, the High Court has sent a strong message in favour of student rights and procedural integrity.
Case Title:
State of Kerala v. Hana Fatima Ahinus
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