New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to hear multiple pleas concerning the controversy over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 results on July 8.
The Centre has filed an affidavit on a batch of petitions pending before the apex court seeking direction to recall NEET-UG 2024 results and conduct the examination afresh, alleging paper leakage and malpractices in the test held.
Soon after the NEET UG 2024 results were declared on June 4 coinciding with the Lok Sabha election results several candidates, coaching experts, parents, and guardians approached the top Court, alleging irregularities in the exams. At the same time, a section of students claimed that the medical entrance examination paper was leaked.
A few Writ Petitions were filed by the candidates of NEET (UG) 2024 before the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Delhi, and Chhattisgarh, raising concerns of loss of exam time during the conduct of NEET (UG) 2024 on May 5, at few Exam Centres.
A Grievance Redressal Committee consisting of eminent experts from the field of examination and academia, was constituted to look into such grievances/representations and to submit its recommendation.
The Committee considered the grievances/representations based on factual reports of the functionaries and CCTV footage from concerned exam Centres. The loss of examination time was ascertained and such candidates were compensated with marks based on their answering efficiency and time lost, as per the mechanism/ formula established by the Apex Court, vide its judgment dated 13.06.2018 in W.P. 551 of 2018. 1563 candidates were compensated for the loss of time and the revised marks of such candidates vary from -20 to 720 marks.
Later, several students and other stakeholders approached the top Court, requesting the removal of grace marks awarded to 1,563 students due to lost exam time and other issues. These pleas are scheduled to be heard on Monday(July 8) by a bench that includes Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra.