The central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates, who were given grace marks, will be given the option to take re-test on June 23.
The government told the court that a committee has been constituted to review the results of over 1,563 candidates who were awarded ‘grace marks’ to compensate for the loss of time suffered while appearing for NEET-UG.
“The Committee has taken a decision to cancel the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks and these students will be given the option to take a re-test, SC informed. Exams will be conducted on June 23 and results will be declared before June 30,” (National Testing Agency) NTA told the apex court.
Meanwhile, SC reiterated that it will not stay the counselling process.
“Counselling will go on and we will not stop it. If the exam goes then everything goes in totality so nothing to fear,” the top court said.
The plea filed against the NTA said that the exam on May 5 was conducted amid malpractices, including multiple paper leaks.
The alleged paper leak was violative of Article 14 (right to equality) under the Constitution as it gave an undue advantage to some candidates over others who chose to attempt the examination in a fair manner, it said.
The alleged irregularities have been flagged by several opposition parties including the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress. The AAP has demanded a Supreme-Court monitored SIT probe into the issue, while Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and KC Venugopal alleged paper leak and corruption.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said in a Tweet on X, “Lakhs of children prepare hard for exams like NEET and spend the most precious moments of their lives preparing for it. The whole family puts their faith and strength in this effort. But year after year, paper leaks and irregularities related to results have been reported in these exams.”