Overview

• A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed the state government’s appeal on July 10, upholding the quashing of the amended KEAM prospectus
• The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations published a revised KEAM 2025 rank list on July 10 using the original 1:1:1 weightage formula
• The reshuffled list saw CBSE and ICSE students regain top positions, with Joshua Jacob Thomas moving to first place
• Admissions counselling is scheduled to proceed under the restored criteria for over 67,000 engineering candidates
• Higher Education Minister R. Bindu said the amendment was made in good faith to ensure fairness despite the court’s rejection of the last-minute change