NEET UG exam: CJI bench was convinced that paper has been leaked, says petitioner Alakh Pandey
«The CJI bench was convinced of the fact that paper has been leaked...They want to determine to what extent the paper has been leaked. They have asked for the timeline related to; when is the paper prepared? Which committee prepared it? How is a paper prepared in two sets? How is paper circulated to centres? They wanted to see the chain of custody of the paper to determine the time of the paper leak,» Pandey said.
«The court wants to determine whether it (paper leak) was a systematic failure or whether it happened due to the malpractices of some individuals,» he added.
Advocate Shwetank told that the questions posed by the Supreme Court have to be answered by the NTA and central government.
«The Supreme Court has raised some questions that have to be answered by the NTA and Union Government. The Supreme Court has asked them to provide the data within the next three days. How has the paper travelled? What time was it sent to the examination centre? What time was it distributed to the students? The Supreme Court observed that if segregation is possible, then re-examination is not mandatory,» he said.
The Supreme Court observed on Monday that one thing is clear: a leak (of question paper) has taken place. The question is: how widespread is the reach? The paper leak is an admitted fact.
The Court asked the NTA to identify the candidates who benefited from the NEET-UG paper leak.
Supreme Court also directed the NTA to make full disclosure into 3 aspects — when the leak of question papers took place, manner in
