NEET row: SC again refuses to stay counselling process, sends notice to NTA
NEET UGC 2024 Row: Supreme Court has also tagged the fresh pleas along with pending petitions and posted them for hearing on July 8, the report added.
THE Supreme Court refused yet again, on Friday, June 21, to stay the process of NEET-UG 2024 counselling while issuing a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), newswire ANI reported.
The report added that the top court tagged the fresh pleas along with pending petitions and posted them for hearing on July 8.
On Thursday, the apex court stayed proceedings before three high courts hearing petitions challenging the conduct of the National Eligibility Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 and seeking an independent probe into alleged malpractices involving a paper leak and award of grace marks.
A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti presided over the controversial NEET-UG 2024 result. It issued notice on four transfer petitions submitted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), along with 11 other petitions that raised similar concerns.
On Friday, Delhi Congress workers protested near the BJP headquarters over allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar and other irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 examinations. Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav led the demonstration.
The NTA conducted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG (medical entrance examination) on May 5 and announced the results on June 4. Around 24 lakh students appeared for the exam, which is making headlines over allegations of question paper leaks and irregularities. 67 All-India Rank 1 holders, which was unusual, and since then there have been concerns regarding the grace mark distribution as well as the integrity of the exam with reports of paper leaks.
Following the declaration of the result, protests were held across India in various cities, and several petitions were filed in high courts and the Supreme Court.
