Stating that there was no “systemic breach” in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024, the Supreme Court on Friday said the National Testing Agency (NTA) should avoid "flip-flops" in conducting the exams and mishaps orchestrated by it was a luxury students cannot afford.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas alleging irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination and seeking its cancellation.
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.
Apparently, this is in reference to 67 candidates scoring perfect 720 marks. In 2020 one student scored perfect 720 marks, three in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2023.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, however, accused the Narendra Modi-led government of ruining the future of lakhs of youth.
The Central government also stated that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been asked to conduct investigation into the entire gamut of allegations of irregularities, including conspiracy, cheating, impersonation, breach of trust and other issues.
The cut-off date for the purpose of eligibility to appear in the NEET-PG 2024 exam held for admission to postgraduate medical programmes in government or private medical colleges remains August 15.
The response to the NEET-UG retest conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in Meghalaya on Sunday was lukewarm.
The FIR state mentions certain isolated incidents that occurred in a few states during the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam held by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, 2024, at 4,750 centres across 571 cities, including 14 cities abroad.
The Centre's decision to constitute the seven-member committee comes amid the ongoing crisis around paper leak allegations.
