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Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing before a vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, stated that the NTA will file a transfer petition before the Supreme Court.
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NEW DELHI: Today (12th June): The National Testing Agency (NTA) informed the Delhi High Court that it plans to request the Supreme Court to consolidate all matters related to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate (UG) 2024 controversy.
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However, The Delhi High Court issued notices regarding four new petitions challenging the award of grace marks and the alleged paper leak of the NEET (UG) Examination held on May 5.
A vacation bench led by Justice Neena Bansal Krishna requested a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) on the petitions filed by candidates Adarsh Raj Gupta, Keya Azad, Mohammed Florez, and Anavadya V.
Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing before a vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, stated that the NTA will file a transfer petition before the Supreme Court.
Mehta explained that petitions concerning NEET UG have been filed in multiple High Courts across the country. To prevent conflicting rulings, the NTA will seek to have the Supreme Court handle all related cases. The Solicitor General outlined three main categories of the NEET UG controversy:
- Petitions regarding alleged leaks of NEET UG question papers.
- Petitions challenging the awarding of grace marks.
- Petitions claiming multiple correct answers for a single question.
These submissions were made in a batch of petitions addressing the NEET UG 2024 controversy. The High Court recorded the statement and issued a notice to the NTA.
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The petitioners requested that the matter be scheduled for July, indicating that if the NTA does not file for the transfer, they will take necessary actions.
The Court granted this request and scheduled the next hearing for July 5.
On June 11, the Supreme Court directed the NTA to respond to allegations of a NEET UG paper leak but stated that it would not halt the counseling process for medical college admissions. Media reports have noted an unusually high number of candidates achieving perfect scores, as indicated by the results published on June 4.
Candidates have also raised concerns about irregularities in the awarding of compensatory marks for lost time. On May 17, a three-judge bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra declined to stay the publication of NEET-UG 2024 results.
The NEET-UG 2024 exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, 2024, from 2 pm to 5.20 pm IST. The exam held across 4,750 centers in 571 cities, including 14 cities abroad, with over 24 lakh candidates appearing for it.
The controversy surrounding the NEET-UG 2024 exam centers around an alleged paper leak case and a subsequent decision to compensate 1,563 students for the loss of time during the exam. Students from at least six centers in states including Meghalaya, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Surat, and Chandigarh had complained about the loss of time during the exam.
The NTA officials stated that the students at certain centers could not complete the full 3 hours and 20 minutes of the exam due to administrative issues. These included the distribution of the wrong question paper, torn OMR sheets, or delays in the distribution of OMR sheets.
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The NEET-UG 2024 results, announced on June 4, 2024, sparked a significant uproar, with numerous aspirants and parents demanding a probe and a “re-exam.” They alleged that the paper leaked at certain centers, leading to high scores for some students.
Apart from the petition filed in the Supreme Court, several other NEET aspirants also approached high courts and the Supreme Court with similar concerns in the wake of the controversy.
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