On Friday the Supreme Court while pronouncing the detailed verdict on NEET-UG retest pleas said that, there was no systemic breach in the NEET UG 2024 exam beyond Hazaribagh and Patna and that the National Testing Agency (NTA) should avoid flip flops as it did not look good on the central body.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, pronouncing the detailed judgement, said, ‘We have come to the conclusion that there was no systemic breach in NEET UG 2024 exam beyond Hazaribagh and Patna. We have held the answer by IIT Delhi was the correct one. We have said that NTA must now avoid the flip flops which have happened because it does not serve well’.
The CJI further added, ‘These issues such as rear door being kept open in strong room etc, then granting compensatory marks, then grace marks which led to 44 getting 720/720 – we have highlighted all errors of NTA and thus the committee should identify and rectify these. These issues which have arisen must be rectified by the Union of India this year itself so that it is not repeated’.
The CJI also said that the committee formed by the government must suggest steps to detect any malpractice. The CJI said that the committee along with the NTA must evaluate a mechanism to ensure checks from making question papers to checking it, streamline an SOP to check handling and storage etc of question papers.
The CJI said the NTA must enhance identity checks at many stages, technological innovations to check impersonation and take into account privacy law. He also asked the NTA to evaluate the viability of using closed vehicles with real time locks rather than open e-rickshaws for carrying question papers.
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