CAT
2024:The
Delhi High Court dismissed a plea challenging the Common Admission Test (CAT)
2024 result for admission to Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other
business schools.
On
Tuesday, Delhi HC declared it found no reason to interfere with the process.
While issuing the statement, it stated, "There is no reason to set aside
the result of CAT 2024. The petition is dismissed."
The
petition was filed by Aditya Kumar Mallick, who claimed to have written the
exam. Mallick has raised an objection over the provisional answer key
containing an error in an answer declared for one of the questions of the
English comprehension section.
He
had objected to the provisional answer key released on December 3 and the final
answer key was released without any changes, with the IIM Calcutta declaring
the results, hurriedly on December 19.
The
plea also stated that “The result was expected in the second week of January,
2025 and the haste in declaring the results in December speaks volumes.”
According
to Mallick's plea, several distinguished experts and faculty members of various
CAT coaching centres supported his objection.
The
petitioner candidate was represented by Advocates Praveen Kumar Singh, Sanal
Nambiar, Ishita Goel and Chetna Singh
In
response to Mallick's plea, senior advocate Arvind Nayyar represented IIM
Calcutta and he mentioned that the objection was already considered by the
expert committee.
Nayar
was instructed by the team of Fox & Mandal led by Advocate Kunal Vajani
along with Advocates Kunal Mimani, Sharmistha Ghosh, Kartikey Bhatt and Tanish
Arora.
While
pronouncing the verdict, Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju said, “... we find no
reason to interfere with the results of CAT. The petition is accordingly
dismissed.”