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Hindustan Times
13-07-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
HC seeks CET cell's reply to mistakes in LLB CET question paper
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court recently directed the State Common Entrance Test (CET) cell to file an affidavit in reply to a petition filed by an LLB aspirant complaining that in the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for the 3-year LLB program (MAH-LLB-3Y-CET) 2025 examination, several objective-type questions had multiple correct answers when the candidates were supposed to choose one. Mumbai, India - September 03, 2021: Bombay High Court at Fort, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, September 03, 2021. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO) The candidate, Shashivadana Shetty, a Malad resident, raised objections to one of the questions (Which one of the four options given in the question was a communicable disease?) that had four options (A. tuberculosis B. diabetes C. influenza D. hepatitis). According to the State CET cell, option C (influenza) was the correct answer. But, she pointed out, according to global medical authorities, tuberculosis and hepatitis B are also communicable diseases. Shetty claimed she had marked option A (tuberculosis) as her answer to the question as it is a highly infectious, airborne disease, which spreads when infected individuals cough, sneeze, or spit, making it a critical public health concern, she said the question had multiple correct answers, which rendered it defective. After the declaration of results on May 30, Shetty paid a requisite fee of ₹1,000 and filed an objection on the State CET portal to this question. She stated that she had submitted scientific references supporting her claim, including publications from the National Centre for Biotechnology Information and Merriam-Webster. When the CET cell published the list of objections on June 13, Shetty's objection was not in it. She sent an e-mail to the State CET cell but did not receive any reply. She then visited the CET cell office in person with a notice. She was told here that she may approach the High Court. In the high court, the CET cell maintained that the petitioner's remedy was to approach the committee constituted for resolving such objections. The division bench of Justice MS Karnik and Justice NR Borkar observed that at least 16 students, including Shetty, had raised objections to various questions with multiple correct answers in the options. However, as the committee had rejected them, there was no point in asking the petitioner to file an objection with the committee again. The court then ordered CET Cell's advocate, Sameer Khedekar, and additional government pleader Kavita N Solunke, to file their affidavits in a week. The matter is scheduled for further hearing on July 16.
Time of India
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Three from Vidarbha score perfect percentile in MHT CET (PCM group)
Nagpur: Three students from Vidarbha scored a perfect 100 percentile in the MHT-CET (PCM group), the results of which were declared on Monday. Apart from these three, 19 other students from the rest of Maharashtra (and other states) scored 100 percentile, as per the official statement by the State CET (Common Entrance Test) Cell. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Results for the MHT-CET (PCB group) are scheduled to be declared on Tuesday. Mohd. Alraza Hanif Shaikh (Gondia), Shirish Nilesh Pattewar (Yavatmal), and Chinmay Vikas Chavhan (Bhandara) are the students from Vidarbha who hit the bull's eye in the MHT-CET (PCM). Since city-wise topper names are not released officially, only information coming from coaching institutes and junior colleges is relied on. For Nagpur city, the probable toppers are Amogh Gotmare (99.82 percentile), Puneet Dhandale (99.55 percentile), and Shreyan Chaware (99.53 percentile), all students of Dr Ambedkar College. The MHT-CET 2025 (PCM Group) was conducted from April 19 to April 27. The examination was conducted at 207 centres within Maharashtra and 17 outside the state. An additional exam was also conducted on May 5 following major problems with the online exam on a specific date. Students complained that almost 20 questions displayed on the screen did not have correct options. There was a huge ruckus post the exam, and the govt was forced to take cognisance. Since the govt's findings confirmed the error, a re-exam was held only for students who appeared on that particular date. The questions were based on the syllabus of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Maharashtra. Approximately 20% weightage was given to the Class 11 curriculum, and 80% weightage was given to the Class 12 curriculum while setting the question paper. There was no negative marking; however, the difficulty level was on par with the JEE (Main) for Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, and the difficulty level for Biology was on par with NEET.
