Overview

• Justice Kausik Chanda initiated contempt proceedings on August 7, blocking the WBJEE result release until a division bench reviews the stay application
• The court ruled that the WBJEEB must prepare a new merit list in compliance with its May 21 order, allocating 7% quota to 66 OBC classes recognised before 2010
• No result declaration, counselling or admission process may proceed until the fresh list is published and the division bench hears the matter in three weeks
• WBJEEB chairperson Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee had confirmed that results were ready on June 5 but were withheld due to successive judicial stays over revised OBC reservations
• Over 100,000 candidates remain in limbo, raising concerns about admission calendar clashes and potential migration of talent to other institutions