Plea To Cancel NEET-UG 24 : Supreme Court Poses Queries To Centre & NTA- Live Updates (July 18)
SG : The question of bias may not arise here...
CJI to Hooda : Can we look at the report of the IIT Madras?
SG : He(IIT Chairman) had deputed Prof. Gopalakrishnan to attend the meetings( of NTA).
CJI : So this time IIT Madras Director was ex-officio member of NTA governing body.
SG : He had deputed somebody else to attend the meetings.
CJI : When you say that IIT Chairman is ex-officio member of the governing body of NTA..
NTA counsel : Governing body has no role in the conduct of the exam..
CJI : IIT JEE Advanced is conducted by whom?
SG : IITs. This year it was IIT Madras.
CJI : So this year, for JEE Advanced, the organiser was IIT Madras?
SG : Correct.
SG : JEE 24 was conducted by IIT Madras. Chairman of IIT who conducts JEE is ex-officio member of NTA.
CJI : What role does NTA have in regard to JEE?
SG : JEE Mains is conducted by NTA.
SG : Subject to further verification, whichever IIT is organising the JEE, that Chairman of that IIT is ex-officio member of NTA. But the Director who prepared this report is not a member.
CJI : JEE 2024 was by IIT Madras?
Hooda : There is a conflict of interest since IIT Madras Director is member of the governing body of NTA.
SG : That is factually wrong. Somebody else was.
Hooda : IIT Madras report cannot be relied upon.
CJI : According to you it has to be done on the restrictive figure of 1 lakh eight thousand.