The Supreme Court today said that there will be no re-examination of the NEET (NEET UG 2024) exam held on May 5. The Chief Justice said there were procedural flaws in the conduct of the examination.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India TY Chandrachud, Justices JP Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing nearly 40 petitions related to irregularities in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test, Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024.
During today’s hearing of the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation confirmed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the NEET question paper leak took place at the Hazaribagh Centre. A CBI official said that some gadgets of the gang involved were burnt and some were recovered yesterday and they will now be interrogated.
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice on Tuesday said that they have received the IIT Delhi report headed by Director Professor Banerjee and that Option 4 is the right answer. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the physics question to be given the correct answer. A three-member panel of experts from IIT-Delhi was appointed to answer the NCERT question which led to 44 students securing first rank.
‘We have received the IIT Delhi report. Director Prof. Banerjee constituted a committee from the department. In physics, they say, a panel of three experts studied the question. Option 4 is said to be the correct answer. Option 4 is “Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is false.” They say that statement 2 is false because atoms of radioactive elements are not stable. The committee clearly opined that there was only 1 option i.e. Option 4. So the National Examinations Agency was right in its answer sheet, which was Option 4,” the CJI said based on the IIT Delhi report.
Another petition from Madhya Pradesh sought exemption from re-examination for tribal and rural students if the Supreme Court ordered re-examination.
‘As of now, there are no documents leading to the conclusion that the result of the examination has failed or there has been a formal violation of the sanctity of the examination. The Chief Justice said, “The data on record does not indicate any systematic leakage of the question paper which would indicate any disruption of the sanctity of the examination.”
“It is not justified to order cancellation of the entire examination by applying the remedial principles proposed by this Court based on the material on record,” the Chief Justice said.
