"It is ironical that till now an institute like IIT has not been able to make a software for itself," a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said.
The bench's remark came after counsel for IIT said that they are in the prosess of making a software which, after being thoroughly tested, will be used for common counselling for admission.
To which, he replied that the software was not ready as National Informatics Centre can't prepare it and the government agency is not that effective.
"A version of software is being acquired but we need to test it. If the examination is conducted without testing, there may be a major glitch. We need three to six months for testing," he said.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner Rajeev Kumar, said if the IIT needs six months time for testing a software, then it will surely become a laughing stock in the Information Technology world.