New Delhi: The tussle over the KEAM 2025 entrance exam intensified on Monday, with a group of CBSE students filing a caveat petition before the Supreme Court. The caveat urges the court not to pass any orders on the pleas filed by Kerala syllabus students without first hearing the CBSE students’ side.

The caveat was filed by Advocate Aljo K Joseph on behalf of the same group of students who had earlier moved the Kerala High Court challenging the last-minute change in the exam prospectus. Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran is expected to appear for the petitioners.

Kerala syllabus students have approached the apex court seeking to cancel the revised KEAM 2025 rank list, which was published on July 10 following a Kerala High Court order. They argued that the state government denied justice to students under the Kerala state syllabus by altering the ranking criteria based on a court directive. Sources said the court is expected to issue a notice to the Kerala government, seeking its stance on the issue.

The apex court will consider both petitions on Tuesday. The case is listed before the bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar.

The revised rank list was published by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) on July 10 after the Kerala High Court, in an order dated July 9, struck down the government’s decision to change the prospectus formula at the final stage. Justice D K Singh had directed the government to issue a new rank list based on the original prospectus published on February 19.

Following the court order, Joshua Jacob from Thiruvananthapuram, who had earlier ranked fifth, secured the first position in the revised list. Meanwhile, John Shinoj, who topped the previous list, dropped to rank 7. While the revision brought joy to many CBSE students, it caused distress among Kerala syllabus students, many of whom saw a significant drop in their rankings just before the admission allotment process.