‘No material to show NEET-UG 2024 results are vitiated’: Supreme Court rules no re-test

The Supreme Court on Tuesday in its conclusive hearing in the controversial NEET UG 2024 case said 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. 

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.

During the hearing the Chief Justice noted, “23 lakh 33 thousand 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,” reported Live Law.

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.

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.