NEET-UG 2024 Row LIVE Updates: SC to Hear Several Pleas on Irregularities, Demand For Re-exam – News18

NEET UG 2024 Hearing Live Updates: Plea on OMR Sheets to be Heard Today

The Supreme Court had earlier asked NTA to apprise it whether there is any time limit for raising grievances regarding the OMR sheets provided to the candidates who appeared in NEET-UG 2024. A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti, which issued notice to the NTA on a fresh plea filed by a private coaching centre and few NEET candidates, will hear the petition today, July 8. Senior advocate R Basant, appearing for the coaching institute and the candidates, submitted that a few students, who have appeared for the examination, have not got the OMR sheets.

NEET UG 2024 Hearing LIVE: What Was The Grace Marks Issue in the Exam?

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted a re-exam on June 23 for 1,563 candidates who had previously received grace marks for “loss of time” on the May 5 exam. Of those who were qualified, 813 took the test again. The re-exam results were announced on June 30.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: Centre Seeks Help From States to Tighten Security For Exam

Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla recently convened a crucial meeting with all state Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) to discuss the oversight and security of these exams. The move aims to restore confidence in the integrity of national exams. Bhalla emphasised the importance of increased surveillance and safety, as per sources. He proposed that governments assign one civil and one police observer to each exam centre.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: NEET PG New Exam Date Announced

NEET PG 2024 was earlier scheduled to be held on June 23. But it was postponed less than 12 hours before the exam was slated to be conducted. It will now be conducted on August 11 in two shifts. According to the notification, the cut-off date for eligibility for appearing in the NEET PG 2024 would remain August 15, 2024. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) rescheduled it as a precautionary measure, it had said. The health ministry had previously stated that it would conduct a thorough examination of the NEET-PG testing processes for medical students, which are being administered by the NBEMS and its technology partner TCS.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: Counselling Deferred

The Union Health Ministry has said that the counselling schedule for NEET UG and PG courses has not been notified by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) yet. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, the counselling for UG seats commenced on Jan 19, 2022, October 11, 2022 and July 20, 2023 respectively.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: What NTA Said in its Affidavit

The NTA, in its separate affidavit said that the exam was carried out fairly without any “mass malpractice” and that these claims are “completely unfounded, misleading, and lacks any basis.”

”The cancellation of the entire examination on the basis of the aforesaid factor, would be hugely counterproductive and significantly harmful to the larger public interest, especially to the career prospects of the qualified candidates,” the NTA said.

“It is submitted that if the entire examination process is cancelled without there being any tangible factors warranting such actions it would be highly detrimental to the larger public interest involving the academic career of lakhs of students who have attempted the examination fairly without any wrongdoing or even an allegation of wrongdoing,” the NTA added in its affidavit.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: What Education Ministry Said on Demand For Re-exam

Talking about the demand for NEET UG re-exam, the education ministry said, “Scrapping the exam in entirety would seriously jeopardise the lakhs of honest candidates who attempted the question paper in 2024.”

“It is also submitted that at the same time, in the absence of any proof of any large-scale breach of confidentiality in a pan-India examination, it would not be rational to scrap the entire examination and the results already declared,” the Centre said in its preliminary affidavit filed by a director in the ministry of education.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: Centre, NTA Files Affidavit Against Demand For Re-exam

The Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) have told the Supreme court that scrapping NEET UG 2024 held on May 5 would be “counterproductive” and “seriously jeopardise” lakhs of honest candidates in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality. The Union education ministry and the NTA have filed separate affidavits in the apex court, opposing the pleas which have sought scrapping of the exam, a re-test and a court-monitored probe into the entire gamut of issues involved, reported PTI.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: Who Will Hear? What Time?

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is scheduled to hear a total of 38 petitions related to the NEET UG 2024 today. The petitions will be heard after 10:30 am.

NEET 2024 Supreme Court Hearing LIVE: Key Details and Schedule

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024 today, July 8, reported PTI. This includes pleas on the alleged irregularities and malpractices in the May 5 exam and seeking a direction to conduct it afresh.