Delhi High Court issues notice to NTA on pleas by NEET aspirants
The Hindu
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the NTA to respond to four petitions filed by NEET-UG 2024 candidates raising grievances, including alleged paper leak, anamolies in questions and arbitrary award of grace/compensatory marks.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) to respond to four petitions filed by National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), 2024 candidates raising grievances, including alleged paper leak, anamolies in questions and arbitrary award of grace/compensatory marks.
A vacation Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, meanwhile, following in the footsteps of the Supreme Court, also refused to stay the counselling process. It listed the matter for further hearing on July 5.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said several pleas had been filed in seven High Courts relating to alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG, 2024 examination and some were pending before the Supreme Court.
Mr. Mehta said the NTA would soon file a transfer petition in the apex court for consolidating all the pleas.
“We are filing transfer petitions in the Supreme Court because there is a likelihood of conflicting views by different High Courts. Could your lordship consider waiting for a week or two? We will file a transfer petition,” Mr. Mehta said.
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Counsel for some of the petitioners urged the High Court to direct the authorities to not start the counselling for the time being or note that the counselling would be subject to the outcome of these petitions. The court, however, declined to pass any such order.
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