NEET UG Paper Leak: Supreme Court orders to make the entire result online
The top court directed that the results should be declared city-wise and centre-wise masking the identity of the candidates; Next hearing on Monday
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the National Testing Agency (NTA) to publish the results of all candidates who took the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test undergraduate exam (NEET-UG) for the year 2024 on July 20 by 12 pm.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud however said that the marks should be published without revealing the identity of the candidates.
Earlier, the Bench also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had underscored that the fact that the sanctity of the exam was compromised was “beyond question”. It however, maintained that the decision to cancel the exam in its entirety would be an “extreme last resort” as it affected the lives of over 23 lakh students.
More than 23.33 lakh students had taken the test on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including in 14 cities overseas. The Centre and the NTA, in their earlier affidavits filed before the apex Court, had said that scrapping the exam would be “counterproductive” and “seriously jeopardise” lakhs of honest candidates in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality.
Meanwhile, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued a notice urging medical colleges to enter their seats on its official portal. The committee will be accepting the seat details from July 20 from the participating institutions for UG counselling 2024 on the MCC portal.
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Key Updates
- SC orders NTA to upload the NEET-UG 2024 results on its website by 12 pm on July 20
- We will resume hearing the NEET petitions on July 22 at 10:30 am
- JULY 18, 2024 16:14SC orders NTA to upload the NEET-UG 2024 results on its website by 12 pm on July 20
SC orders NTA to upload the NEET-UG 2024 results on its website by noon on July 20. It however directs that the identity of the students should be masked.
The Chief Justice however does not commit to an oral plea by some petitioners to stay the counselling process. The Solicitor General apprised the Court that the counselling is to begin from July 24.
The Bench rises. The next hearing will take place on July 22.
