Case: Vanshika Yadav vs. Union of India
The Supreme on Friday said that the Central government and the National Testing Agency (NTA) should take care to ensure that the issues which arose with respect to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test undergraduate exam for the year 2024 (NEET UG 2024) are not repeated in future
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that the NTA should avoid "flip flops" with respect to safety of strongrooms where question papers are kept, grant of compensatory marks etc.
"We have said that NTA must now avoid the flip flops which has happened now because it does not serve well. These issues such as rear door being kept open in strong room etc, then granting compensatory marks, then grace marks which led to 44 getting 720/720. We have highlighted all errors of NTA and thus committee should identify and rectify these. These issues which have arisen must be rectified by the Union of India this year itself so that it is not repeated," the Court said pronouncing its judgment in the case relating to NEET UG 2024.
Nevertheless, it reiterated that there was no systemic breach in NEET UG 2024 exam beyond Hazaribagh and Patna and, therefore no retest would be needed with respect to this year's NEET.
The Supreme Court made these observations while rejecting the plea for a re-examination of NEET UG 2024. On July 23, the Court refused to order a re-examination, stating that the evidence presented was insufficient to demonstrate widespread leaks of question papers, as alleged. It held that any leaks were limited to a few students who could be separated from the untainted ones.
Today, the detailed judgment explaining the reasons for this decision was pronounced. Admissions to medical colleges across the country for undergraduate courses are based on NEET UG scores.
This year, the NEET-UG exam faced allegations of mass question paper leaks and cheating. As a result, several NEET candidates approached the Supreme Court seeking a re-examination. However, there were also students who argued against any retest.
The Central government and the NTA strongly opposed a retest, contending that the leak was not widespread but limited to a few candidates.
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