Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, sitting as a single judge bench, noted the NTA's intention to file a transfer petition in the Supreme Court and accordingly postponed the hearing.
Digital Desk: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to halt the counselling process for admissions to medical colleges amid allegations of paper leak and irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate (UG) examination 2024.
Instead, the court has given the National Testing Agency (NTA) time to respond and scheduled a hearing for July 5. During today's proceedings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the NTA, informed the court about a transfer petition being filed by the testing agency. This petition aims to consolidate all cases related to the matter from various high courts to the Supreme Court to prevent confusion and conflicting orders among students.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, sitting as a single judge bench, noted the NTA's intention to file a transfer petition in the Supreme Court and accordingly postponed the hearing. The high court's decision comes after the Supreme Court refused to stay the NEET-UG 2024 result-based counselling process for admissions in MBBS, BDS, and other courses. The Supreme Court has issued notices to the NTA, the Centre, and the Testing body on a plea seeking a fresh examination due to an alleged question paper leak and other malpractices.
Responding to the allegations, a Supreme Court vacation bench emphasized the importance of maintaining the sanctity of the exam and called for answers from the NTA. NEET-UG 2024 was conducted on May 5, and the results were declared on June 4, earlier than the expected date of June 14. The NEET-UG examination is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other related courses in government and private institutions nationwide.
Protests have erupted across the country by NEET aspirants, alleging paper leaks and irregularities in this year's exam results. In addition to the paper leak claims, students have raised concerns about irregularities in the awarding of grace marks to approximately 1,500 students.
The re-evaluation of marks for 1,543 students across six centers, due to "lost time during exams," has led to an unexpected outcome: 67 candidates now boast a perfect score of 720 out of 720. This development has sparked concerns, particularly as six of these top scorers are from a single center in Haryana's Jhajjar.
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