The Supreme Court issued a notice on Thursday regarding a plea made by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to transfer petitions connected to the NEET-UG 2024 examination from various High Courts to the apex court.
A panel led by Justice Vikram Nath also stopped proceedings in other High Courts. The Supreme Court reiterated that the NEET-UG counselling procedure would continue, reported ANI.
According to the ANI report, the court has also issued a notice to the Centre and the NTA in response to a plea filed by students who reportedly lost 45 minutes while taking the NEET-UG exam in Meghalaya. These students hope to be among the 1,563 candidates who obtained grace marks and were awarded a re-exam on June 23.
The Supreme Court has scheduled the next hearing for these petitions on July 8.
The results of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, which was held on May 5, were announced on June 4, ahead of the scheduled date of June 14. Allegations of anomalies and paper leaks occurred, and the results revealed that 67 pupils received a perfect score of 720. Petitions have been filed for a retest, the report added.
The Supreme Court has granted a re-test to over 1,500 pupils who received grace marks. On June 13, the NTA told the court that the 1,563 candidates` scorecards would be revoked, and they would be given the choice of retaking the exam on June 23 or foregoing the compensatory marks, reported ANI.
On Tuesday, the court emphasised that any carelessness, even as slight as 0.001 per cent, in conducting the NEET-UG 2024 examination would be thoroughly investigated.
The top court on Thursday had sought responses from the Centre, NTA and others over petitions seeking cancellation of NEET-UG 2024 as well and a court-monitored investigation into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam.
A vacation bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti also sought comments from the parties on separate petitions filed by the NTA seeking the transfer of some pending appeals from high courts to the Supreme Court.
One of the pleas, filed by 20 students who took the medical entrance exam, also asked the NTA and others to administer the test again.
With PTI inputs
