Amid the NEET paper leak allegations and irregularities in the NEET UG 2024 exam process, more than 50 successful examinees from Gujarat have approached the Supreme Court seeking guidance on not cancelling the May 5 test. These students have sought a direction from the top court to the Union Education Ministry to probe, identify and take strict action against students and others who indulged in unfair practices like paper leaks and impersonation in the NEET-UG exam conducted on May 5 this year.
56 fresh pleas have been filed
The fresh plea by 56 students has been filed days before a top court bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to hear as many as 26 petitions seeking reliefs like re-test and probe into the conduct of the examination plagued by allegations of malpractices. The pleas seeking cancellation of the exam, re-test and high-level probe are listed for hearing on July 8 in the SC.
Why NEET UG 2024 results have been cancelled?
The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance test - undergraduate on June 4, but the aftermath has been marred by controversies. Reports of paper leaks and unusual markings surfaced, leading to legal challenges in two different courts questioning the result's validity. It was also found that eight students from the same centre had scored the All India Rank One and 67 students secured the top spot. Moreover, 44 top scorers incorrectly answered a basic physics question due to an error in an older NCERT textbook.
NEET UG 2024 re-test took place on June 23
Instances of candidates who secured 718 and 718 were justified by the NTA as compensatory marks awarded to individuals who faced time constraints during the exam at a certain level. On June 13, NTA told court that they had cancelled the grace marks awarded to 1,563 candidates. They were given the option to either take a re-test or forgo the compensatory marks awarded for loss of time.
As per the instructions of the Supreme Court, the testing agency conducted an NEET UG re-exam on June 23 for as many as 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks. However, only 813 of these candidates had appeared for the medical exam. The testing agency released the answer keys for the re-exam on June 29 and the results on July 1.
NEET UG 2024 counselling awaited
Earlier, NTA had informed the Supreme Court that the counselling will be started on July 6. Now, the candidates are eagerly waiting for the counselling schedule. Once out, the candidates will be able to download NEET UG 2024 counselling schedule from the official website of MCC, mcc.nic.in.
(With inputs from PTI)
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