NEET-UG 2024: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Award Of Grace Marks, Alleged Paper Leak

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on four fresh pleas filed challenging the award of grace marks as well as the alleged paper leak concerning the NEET (UG) Examination held on May 05.

A vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna sought response of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in the pleas moved by four candidates, Adarsh Raj Gupta, Keya Azad, Mohammed Florez and Anavadya V.

At the outset, Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta told court that various writ petitions concerning the examination are being filed in various courts in the country, including the Supreme Court.

He said that the issues raised in the petitions can be categorised broadly into three categories; award of compensatory or grace marks, anomalies in certain questions and the alleged paper leak.

The SGI told Justice Krishna that the NTA is in the process of filing a transfer plea before the Supreme Court to get all the pleas consolidated before the Apex Court.

Accordingly, the court issued notice in the fresh petitions and listed them for hearing before the roster bench on July 05.

Notably, earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued notice on a plea seeking cancellation of NEET-UG examination alleging that there was a paper leak. The matter has been fixed for hearing on July 08.

Last week, a coordinate bench of the High Court issued notice on a candidate's plea challenging the award of grace marks to candidates. 

Petitioners were represented by Gauhar Mirza, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, briefed and filed by Abiha Zaidi and Suriti Chowdhary, Saaz Partners