NEET-UG 2024 : Another Petition In Supreme Court Seeks NEET Re-Exam Over Alleged Paper Leak

Raising allegations of leaking of the question paper of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Under Graduate( (NEET-UG) 2024 exam held on May 5, another writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a re-conduct of the exam.

The writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution seeks to direct the National Testing Agency to conduct the exam again in view of the allegations of the paper leak. Raising doubts about the sanctity of the exam held on May 5, the petitioners seek the cancellation of the exam.

The petition was filed on June 1 and is expected to be listed before the vacation bench this week. On May 17, while considering another petition seeking similar reliefs, the Supreme Court had refused to stay the declaration of the results of the NEET-UG exam. The Petitioners of that case contended the examination held on May 5 by the National Testing Agency (NTA) was riddled with malpractices as various instances of paper leak came to their knowledge. The alleged paper leak was violative of Article 14 as it gave an undue advantage to some candidates over others who chose to attempt the exam in a fair manner, they contended. Though the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud issued notice on that petition and posted the matter in July, the bench stated that the results of the exams held on a pan-India basis cannot be stayed.

 Case : Shivangi Mishra and others v. National Testing Agency and others | DIARY NO. - 25656/2024