JEE Main 2023 Session 2 Tomorrow: What happens if you are caught cheating in JEE Mains?

NEW DELHI: In order to prevent cheating in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has set some rules and guidelines along with punishments against those who try to cheat. JEE Main 2023 session 2 exam is going to be conducted from tomorrow, April 6. Candidates can download JEE Main admit card 2023 at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Talking about the punishment for cheating, NTA said that if a candidate indulges in unfair means or cheating, they will be booked under the UNFAIR MEANS (UFM) case and may be debarred for three years in the future. The candidate “shall also be liable for criminal action and /or any other action as deemed fit.”

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The testing agency informed that cheating would lead to cancellation of results. “The result of JEE (Main) - 2023 of the candidate(s) who indulge in Unfair means Practices will be cancelled and will not be declared. Similarly, the result of those candidates who appear from the Centre other than the one allotted to them or allow another candidate/person to write the examination on his behalf will be cancelled. No plea will be entertained in this regard,” NTA said.

In 2021, NTA debarred 20 candidates from taking exams for three years and withheld their results on account of cheating.

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JEE Mains 2023: Unfair means and practices

NTA defines unfair means as an activity that allows a candidate to gain an unfair advantage over other candidates. The following practices as unfair:

• Being in possession of any item or article which has been prohibited or can be used for unfair practices including any stationery item, communication device, accessories, eatable items, ornaments, or any other material or information relevant or not relevant to the examination in the paper concerned.
• Someone else writing the NTA JEE Main 2023 exam instead of the candidate (impersonation) or preparing material for copying.
• Assisting other candidates to engage in malpractices, giving or receiving assistance of any kind directly or indirectly or attempting to do so.
• Breaching examination rules or any direction issued by NTA in connection with JEE 2023 examination.
• Contacting or communicating or trying to do so with any person, other than the examination staff, during the test in the exam centre.
• Threatening any of the officials connected with the conduct of the examination or threatening any of the candidates.
• Manipulation and fabrication of online documents such as JEE Main 2023 admit card, rank letter, self-declaration.
• Forceful entry and exit from JEE exam centre.
• Any other malpractices declared as Unfair Means by the NTA.
• Any candidate with more than one Application Number will be treated as UFM, even if found at a later stage, and strict action will be taken against that candidate.