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NEET-UG-2024: SC issues notice on NTA plea for transfer of cases from Rajasthan HC

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra issued the notice to the petitioners before the Rajasthan High Court and tagged the transfer petitions with the already pending matters in the issue.

NEET-UG-2024: SC issues notice on NTA plea for transfer of cases from Rajasthan HC

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on the National Resting Agency’s plea seeking the transfer of NEET-UG 2024-related cases pending before the Rajasthan High Court to itself (the top court).

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra issued the notice to the petitioners before the Rajasthan High Court and tagged the transfer petitions with the already pending matters in the issue.

A batch of petitions was filed before the high court challenging the NEET-UD 2024 examination. The NTA now moved the top court seeking the transfer of the petitions to itself so that they could be heard along with the pending matters.

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The top court is seized of batch of petitions seeking direction to recall NEET-UG 2024 results and to conduct the examination afresh, alleging paper leak and other irregularities and malpractices in the conduct of the exam.

The candidates who appeared in the NEET-UG 2024 have approached the top court raising the issue of malpractices and irregularities in the conduct of the exam.

NEET-UG examination, conducted by NTA, is the ax step towards admissions in MBBS, BDS AYUSH, and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.

The NEET-UG, 2024 was held across 4,750 centres on May 5 and around 24 lakh candidates appeared in it.

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