Ayushi Patel's NEET plea based on 'forged documents' says Allahabad HC, social media users call for her 'arrest'
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Ayushi Patel, a NEET-UG aspirant, who alleged that the National Testing Agency (NTA) had failed to declare her result and that her OMR answer sheet was torn. The court found that Patel had submitted forged documents in her petition.
Patel claimed that the NTA had informed her that her result would not be declared due to the torn OMR sheet. She demanded a manual evaluation of her OMR sheet, an inquiry against the NTA, and a halt to the admission counselling process. However, upon a court order, the NTA presented the original OMR sheet, which was found to be intact.
«NTA can take legal action in the matter,» Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan said in his order. NTA told the court the decision to initiate legal action against the student, Ayushi Patel of Lucknow, had already been taken.
After reviewing the documents, the court concluded that Patel had filed the petition based on forged documents. The court termed it «regrettable» and stated that the NTA was free to take legal action in the matter.
«The petitioner has submitted forged documents, and in such a situation, this court cannot stop NTA from taking legal action against the student,» the court said.
In her petition filed early this month, Ayushi claimed that the National Testing Agency (NTA) sent her a communication stating that her result would not be declared because her OMR sheet was found torn. She demanded that her OMR sheet be evaluated manually and called for the counselling for admissions to be
