Archive · 2 Aug 2025
High Court Orders NTA to Correct CUET-PG Answer Key
A student took a test called CUET-PG.
The test-makers marked a correct answer wrong.
The student went to court.
The court agreed with the student.
The question was about putting things in the right order.
The test-makers said their answer was based on an expert's idea.
The court said the question was simple and the student was right.
The court ordered the test-makers to fix the student's score.
High Court ruled in favor of a student who was incorrectly marked on the CUET-PG.
The student correctly answered a question about the chronological order of constitutional amendments.
The court found the NTA's reasoning for rejecting the student's answer as 'hyper technical'.
NTA was directed to revise the student's scorecard and award marks for the correct answer.
The NTA must issue the revised scorecard within 15 days of the court order.
- Who
- The court ruled in favor of a Panjab University student against the National Testing Agency (NTA).
- What
- Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld a challenge to CUET-PG answer key.
- When
- The order was passed recently, details not provided.
- Where
- Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Why
- The court found the NTA's reasoning for rejecting the student's correct answer as invalid.
Student's Perspective
NTA's Perspective
Answer Key Discrepancy
Student's Perspective
Student's correct answer was rejected, resulting in lost marks and potential impact on eligibility.
NTA's Perspective
NTA maintained a specific expert interpretation of the question, thus marking the question incorrectly.
- Court
- Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Test
- CUET-PG
- Student's University
- Panjab University
- Subject
- Political Science
- Issue
- Incorrectly marked answer key
- NTA Action
- Directed to revise scorecard