CJI DY Chandrachud to hear NEET UG pleas today

The NEET plea will be heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

While NEET pleas are to be heard on July 8, the Supreme Court has refused to delay the NEET UG counselling which is scheduled to begin on July 6. (Representative image/ Express photo)

Majority of the pleas filed for NEET UG 2024 alleged irregularities will be heard on July 8, when the top court reopens after summer recess. Several students, coaching institutes have filed pleas against the NEET UG 2024 result.

As per LiveLaw, the NEET plea will be heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

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In these pleas, some have alleged paper leak, some have demanded cancellation of full exam and reconduction of the medical entrance exam, some have asked for investigation into operations of the National Testing Agency (NTA), and more.

While NEET pleas are to be heard on July 8, the Supreme Court has refused to delay the NEET UG counselling which is scheduled to begin on July 6.

Meanwhile, NTA on July 1 released the result of the retest of the 813 (out of 1563) candidates that was conducted on June 23. With the revised results, the topper tally has come down from 67 to 61, as six of the candidates – whose score jumped to perfect 720/720 after they were awarded grace marks due to loss of exam time – failed to get a perfect score in the retest. However, they repeated high scores upwards of 680.

This time, NTA has been bearing heat as students alleged paper leak in NEET, OMR manipulation and more. The controversies started on June 4, when NTA announced the NEET UG result 10 days in advance and on the same day as the Lok Sabha election results. Since then, the inflated number of toppers, scores of 718 and 719 and other controversies have kept NTA and NEET in news.

On the other hand, NEET PG 2024 exam, which was cancelled 12 hours before the exam on June 23, will be held in August now, as per NBE sources. The new exam date is expected to release this week.