The Supreme Court has requested responses from the Centre, the National Testing Agency (NTA), and others regarding petitions seeking the cancellation of NEET-UG 2024, as well as a court-monitored investigation into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam.
Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti also asked for responses from the parties on separate pleas filed by the NTA to transfer some pending petitions from the high courts to the apex court.
These pleas will be heard on July 8. One petition, filed by 20 students who took the medical entrance exam, also requested that the NTA and others be directed to conduct the test again.
During the hearing of various petitions related to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024 examination, the apex court stated on June 18 that even if there was “0.001 per cent negligence” in the conduct of the examination, it should be thoroughly addressed.
The NTA conducts the all India pre-medical entrance test.
Additionally, the apex court had last week sought responses from the Centre and the NTA on a plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 exam.
The examination took place on May 5 across 4,750 centers, with approximately 24 lakh candidates participating.
