After HC order, KEAM rank list 2025 sees 5th rank holder emerge as topper

Following the Kerala High Court order, the Controller for Entrance Examinations (CEE) has published the revised Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Examination (KEAM) 2025 rank list. Joshua Jacob Thomas, who earlier ranked 5th, is the engineering topper now. KEAM new rank list 2025, which has undergone major changes, is out on the official website, cee.kerala.gov.in.

“In compliance with the judgment of the High Court in WPC, the government has cancelled the amendment made in the prospectus. Accordingly, the revised rank list prepared as per the prospectus published dated February 19, 2025 for admission to engineering courses 2025 is published herewith. The rank details will be available in the KEAM 2025 'Candidate Portal' on the website of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations www.cee.kerala.gov.in,” the CEE said.

A division bench today upheld a single-bench order cancelling the KEAM result 2025 and setting aside the revised KEAM 2025 prospectus, directing the CEE to prepare a fresh rank list. The HC dismissed the state government’s appeal against the single judge verdict, observing that the expert committee on standardisation of marks recommended implementing the new formula next year after detailed testing and suggested using 60:40 ratio for now.

KEAM Rank List 2025: Engineering toppers

The new top 10 rankers in KEAM 2025 engineering are given below.

On July 9, the single-judge bench led by Justice D K Singh cancelled the KEAM 2025 result and asked the exam authorities to prepare a new KEAM rank list, observing that the last-minute changes, especially one hour before the result declaration, in exam rules are ‘unjustified’ and ‘illegal’.

On July 1, 2025, the CEE notified the revised KEAM prospectus 2025 before declaring the results, as per which, the formula for counting the marks in PCM was changed from 50:50 to 5:3:2. The amendment was done to support state students. Whereas, the exam prospectus published on February 19 prescribed that the marks of physics, chemistry, and mathematics shall be in the ratio of 1:1:1. The HC was hearing a petition filed by students who passed the Class 12 board exams from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).