Re-NEET only if it is concrete that sanctity of entire examination was affected: CJI says as SC resumes NEET plea hearing
NEET-UG 2024 controversy said that re-examination can be done only if it is concrete that the entire test was affected, while noting that the case has social ramifications.
«Re-examination has to be on concrete footing that the sanctity of the entire test was affected,» CJI DY Chandrachud said as the bench heard a clutch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024.
On the issue of the ongoing probe, the bench said, «The CBI probe is on. If what the CBI has told us is revealed, it will affect the investigation and people will become wise.»
The hearing is underway.
The top court on July 11 adjourned the hearing on the pleas regarding NEET-UG 2024 until July 18, awaiting responses from the Centre and the NTA. These pleas include requests for the exam's cancellation, a re-test, and an investigation into alleged malpractices.
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The bench comprising CJI Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra noted it had received a status report from the CBI on the probe into these irregularities. In an additional affidavit filed last week, the Centre reported that data analytics conducted by IIT-Madras on NEET-UG 2024 results found no evidence of mass malpractice or
