KEAM 2025 Result Cancellation – Key Points
Kerala High Court cancelled KEAM 2025 results over last-minute changes in the ranking formula.
New formula reduced weightage for CBSE/ICSE students, favouring state board candidates.
Students filed petitions, saying their ranks dropped unfairly due to the revised method.
Court ruled the changes were illegal, as rules can’t be altered after the exam.
Kerala government has appealed the verdict, delaying counselling and admissions.
What Happened With KEAM 2025 Result?
Originally, the KEAM 2025 prospectus – which explains the rules of the exam and ranking process – was released in February. According to this prospectus, the rank list was supposed to be prepared based on a certain weightage system. However, just one hour before the results were declared on July 1, the Kerala government introduced a new ranking formula that followed a model used in Tamil Nadu. This last-minute change hurt many students from CBSE and ICSE boards, whose marks were not fairly considered under the new method.
One of the main petitioners, Hana Fatima Ahnus, said that the change pushed her rank down to 4,209, whereas a student with the same marks in 2024 was ranked around 1,900. She and other students claimed that this revision was arbitrary, unfair, and done with an intention to favour students from the state syllabus. The court agreed and called the government’s action “illegal and unjustified,” stating that once the exam process starts, the rules should not be changed. The judgment also mentioned that if the government felt the old formula was wrong, they should have fixed it before the exam, not after.
The High Court directed the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations to prepare a new rank list using the original formula mentioned in the February prospectus. In response to the court order, the state government quickly filed an appeal and requested a stay on the judgment. The matter is now expected to be heard by a higher bench of the court.
Meanwhile, thousands of students and parents are left confused and worried about the next steps, especially since counselling and admission processes were about to begin. The case has sparked a big debate about fairness in entrance exams and the need for transparent and timely decisions in student-related matters.