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The Supreme Court on Tuesday in its conclusive hearing in the controversial NEET UG 2024 case said that there is no material to show that the results of the NEET-UG are vitiated entirely and that there was a systemic breach in its sanctity, reported Live Law.
Thus, the apex court decreed that there will be no-retest, suggesting that the demand for the cancellation of the exam is not justified. Counselling and other admission processes will continue as scheduled, the court ruled.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra resumed hearing on the case today. The NEET UG exams have been under scrutiny for alleged irregulates and paper leak concerns.
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The Supreme Court gave the decision about no re-exam considering that the aspiring candidates of the present year would be replete with serious consequences if fresh NEET UG exam is conducted. The order further noted that it will “cause disruption of admission schedule, cascading effects on the course of medical.”
During the hearing the Chief Justice noted that more than 23 lakh candidates appeared for the exam. “They are competing for 1.08 lakh seats of which 56,000 seats are in government hospital, balance 52,000 being in private institution,” Live Law reported citing apex court verdict.
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While announcing the verdict, DY Chandrachud said, “By an interim order of this court, while flagging the principal issues in contention, this court had called for a disclosure on affidavit by the NTA, Union and by the CBI. Role of CBI comes to play as FIR in Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand has been transferred to the CBI.”
“This was the issue of governance and that the government very conveniently did not raise the issue of maintainability of these petitions,” Senior advocate Mathews Nedumpara representing petitioners said.
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Meanwhile, Advocate Narender Hooda, who appeared on behalf of petitioners, said that the main mastermind Sanjeev Mukhiya who was involved in 5 paper leak cases has not been arrested yet.
A batch of pleas were filed in the Supreme Court and High Courts after the results were announced on June 4. The petitions sought cancellation, re-test and a court-monitored probe into the NEET UG 2024 exam held on May 5. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) confirmed that the paper leak in the NEET UG case had taken place in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh centre.
