NEET-UG results 2024: Paper leaks, protests & grace marks row explained
Supreme Court that the decision to give grace marks to 1,563 candidates of NEET-UG 2024 by the National Testing Agency (NTA) has been cancelled.
These 1,563 students will also be given an option to apply for a re-test.
The top court was hearing petitions concerning the dispute over the NEET-UG, 2024 exam for entrance into MBBS, BDS, and similar programs.
One of the petitions was filed by Alakh Pandey, the chief executive of EdTech firm 'Physics Wallah', who has challenged the alleged random awarding of grace marks by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to more than 1,500 candidates who appeared for the NEET-UG, 2024.
Alakh Pandey, the CEO of the EdTech company 'Physics Wallah' also filed a petition contesting the purported arbitrary allocation of grace marks by NTA to over 1,500 NEET-UG, 2024 candidates.
NEET-UG result 2024: Grace marks cancelled for 1,563 students, retest on June 23, Centre tells SC
Several petitions have been submitted to high courts and the Supreme Court, raising various allegations, including paper leaks, grace marks, and a significant increase in high scorers.
However, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that no evidence of paper leak in NEET-UG has been found.
EdTech firm moves SC, challenges award of grace marks to over 1,500 candidates in NEET-UG, 2024
ET Explainer: The controversy around NEET UG 2024
What is the NEET-UG 2024 controversy?
- The NEET (UG) 2024 examination was conducted by the NTA on May 5 across 4,750 centers, with
