SC confirms IIT admission for teen whose ‘online error’ cost him seat

The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the admission of 18-year-old Siddhant Batra to IIT-Bombay for the undergraduate bachelor of technology (BTech) course in electrical engineering on his plea that he had lost his seat to an “apparent mistake” while opting to withdraw only from further rounds during the online admission process. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheswari and Hrishikesh Roy regularised the admission for Batra, who had scored all-India JEE rank of 270, and said a “quietus” be put on this issue.

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