Admissions To IITs Stopped by Supreme Court Over 'Bonus Marks' ndtv.com

Admission of students to the Indian Institutes of Technology and other top engineering colleges was halted by the Supreme Court today that is hearing complaints that the bonus marks were wrongly awarded to candidates who appeared in this year's Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced. Over 50,000 students had qualified to study in leading state-run engineering colleges including the IIT and National Institute of Technology after this examination.