Madras HC asks to reserve seats for 8 petitoners who protested against CAT 2013

The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Indore (convener of CAT 2013) to reserve one seat at each IIM for all the petitioners who protested against the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 results. The petitioners had requested for a halt on the entire IIM admission process for this year, however Madras High Court has given them hope that they may still secure admission at one of the prestigious IIMs.   The results of CAT 2013 declared on January 14, 2014, showed that from the total 1.73 lakh candidates who attempted, 95,000 scored 0 marks and below. Dissatisfied with the results, students went to court. After appealing to Delhi High Court and filing RTI, Indore High Court was approached and now Madras High Court. CAT 2013 candidates protesting discrepancies in the results had requested re-evaluation, access to their raw scores and clarity on the normalization process for their CAT 2013 scores. The normalization process had added to the frustration of CAT 2013 candidates. Aspirants with higher scores received lower percentile and vice versa. Candidates having answered only one question correctly received above 55 percentile while those not attempting a single question still received 55 percentile. According to CAT officials the discrepancies are due to negative marking. CAT conveners mentioned that re-evaluation of CAT results is not permitted, reported India Today. Source :  http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/madras-hc-asks-mhrd-reserve-seats-8-petitoners-who-protested-against-cat-2013/16548