New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from those who had moved various high courts seeking re-examination of NEET-UG 2024 alleging question paper leaks and other irregularities, seeking to transfer such cases to the top court. Court to avoid multiplicity of litigation on the petition of the National Testing Agency.
Several petitions have been filed in several High Courts seeking relief such as re-examination, quashing of the award of grace marks and independent investigation into the alleged malpractices in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate, 2024 (NEET-UG) examination. . May 5.
A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of National Testing Agency (NTA) counsel Vardhaman Kaushik's plea that the pending petitions needed to be transferred to the apex court.
"Issue notice" and it will be posted for hearing on July 8 along with other related petitions on the NEET-UG controversy, the bench said.However, Kaushik said the NTA wanted to withdraw three other petitions, which were seeking transfer of cases from high courts to the top court, as they were facing the issue of granting grace marks to 1,563 candidates due to loss of time during the examination in May. Were related to. 5.
He said the NTA will inform the high courts that the issue of grace marks has been resolved and a decision has been taken to cancel the compensatory marks given to 1,536 candidates.
The bench allowed NTA to withdraw the transfer petitions related to the controversy over granting grace marks to 1,563 candidates.
On June 12, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had told the Delhi High Court that the NTA would soon move to move the petitions filed by NEET-UG candidates before several high courts over the alleged paper leak and discrepancies in the evaluation of answers to certain questions. Will knock on the door of the Supreme Court. ,
Mehta had told the high court, “We are filing the transfer petition in the Supreme Court because of the possibility of conflicting views of different high courts.Could you consider waiting a week or two? We will file a transfer petition."
On June 14, the Center and NTA told the Supreme Court that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the exam for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center had said that they will have the option to either re-appear in the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given to them for the loss of time.
The exam was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centers and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June, as the evaluation of answer sheets was already completed.There have been allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in this prestigious examination in states like Bihar.
The allegations led to protests in several cities and cases were filed in seven high courts and the Supreme Court. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi on 10 June demanding an investigation into alleged irregularities.
Unprecedented in the history of NTA, 67 students scored full 720 marks, including the names of six from a center in Faridabad, Haryana, in the list, raising suspicions of irregularities. It has been alleged that Grace Marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rank.NEET-UG exam is conducted by NTA for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
Several petitions have been filed in several High Courts seeking relief such as re-examination, quashing of the award of grace marks and independent investigation into the alleged malpractices in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate, 2024 (NEET-UG) examination. . May 5.
A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of National Testing Agency (NTA) counsel Vardhaman Kaushik's plea that the pending petitions needed to be transferred to the apex court.
"Issue notice" and it will be posted for hearing on July 8 along with other related petitions on the NEET-UG controversy, the bench said.However, Kaushik said the NTA wanted to withdraw three other petitions, which were seeking transfer of cases from high courts to the top court, as they were facing the issue of granting grace marks to 1,563 candidates due to loss of time during the examination in May. Were related to. 5.
He said the NTA will inform the high courts that the issue of grace marks has been resolved and a decision has been taken to cancel the compensatory marks given to 1,536 candidates.
The bench allowed NTA to withdraw the transfer petitions related to the controversy over granting grace marks to 1,563 candidates.
On June 12, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had told the Delhi High Court that the NTA would soon move to move the petitions filed by NEET-UG candidates before several high courts over the alleged paper leak and discrepancies in the evaluation of answers to certain questions. Will knock on the door of the Supreme Court. ,
Mehta had told the high court, “We are filing the transfer petition in the Supreme Court because of the possibility of conflicting views of different high courts.Could you consider waiting a week or two? We will file a transfer petition."
On June 14, the Center and NTA told the Supreme Court that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the exam for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center had said that they will have the option to either re-appear in the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given to them for the loss of time.
The exam was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centers and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June, as the evaluation of answer sheets was already completed.There have been allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in this prestigious examination in states like Bihar.
The allegations led to protests in several cities and cases were filed in seven high courts and the Supreme Court. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi on 10 June demanding an investigation into alleged irregularities.
Unprecedented in the history of NTA, 67 students scored full 720 marks, including the names of six from a center in Faridabad, Haryana, in the list, raising suspicions of irregularities. It has been alleged that Grace Marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rank.NEET-UG exam is conducted by NTA for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
