NEET UG 2024 SC Hearing Highlights: The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected petitions seeking a NEET UG re-test and the cancellation of the result announced last month, saying the data on record is not indicative of a systemic leak of the question paper, which would indicate a disruption of the sanctity of the exam.
Pronouncing the verdict, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, “At the present stage, there is an absence of materials on record to show results of the exam were vitiated or there was a systemic breach in the conduct of the exam.”
The CBI, earlier today, told the Supreme Court that the paper was leaked on May 5, the exam day. The paper was leaked in Hazaribagh and transmitted to Patna, the investigating agency said.
“The accused used the rear door of the control room, where the question papers were locked, to enter at 8.02 am on May 5. The rear door was deliberately kept open by the centre superintendent. He came out of the control room at 9.23 am. He immediately sent it to the problem solvers. The investigation so far has zeroed in on four places where the question papers were relayed – two in Patna and two in Hazaribagh,” the CBI said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta shared centre-wise data to establish that there is no inflation in the number of candidates who will be getting medical admissions, when compared to the previous years.
The Solicitor General also pointed out that there are no inconsistencies even in Hazaribagh or Patna – the two cities which are under the scanner amid allegations of paper leaks.
On Monday, the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ordered IIT Delhi to provide an expert opinion on the ambiguous Physics question for which the National Testing Agency (NTA) gave two correct answers, which resulted in many candidates getting grace marks.
The Physics question holds significance as 44 toppers of the undergraduate medical entrance test was awarded grace marks for it. Any decision taken at this stage has the potential to overhaul NEET ranks and affect the scores of lakhs of students who took the test.
“We request the Director, IIT Delhi, to constitute a team of three experts on the subject concerned. The expert team will formulate its response and submit it to the register by 12 noon tomorrow,” the CJI said in the last hearing and added that the team should give one correct answer.
NEET UG 2024 SC hearing: Key highlights from the last hearing
- The CJI sought IIT Delhi’s opinion on the controversial question in the physics part of the NEET UG paper that led to the award of grace marks.
- The counsels for the petitioners submitted a re-test should be ordered, at least for the qualified candidates.
- Senior Advocate Hooda argued that there was a systemic failure in the conduct of NEET UG besides paper leak.
Concluding their arguments, counsels for the petitioners on Monday submitted that if a re-test can not be ordered for all candidates, at least those who have qualified – about 13 lakh students – should be asked to reappear.
During the hearing, Advocate Kunal Cheema pointed out the Tanwi Sarwal verdict, where an AIPMT re-test was ordered for 6 lakh students when 44 students were found to have used unfair means.
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