NEET 2024 Paper Leak Case: SC Rebukes NTA For Flip Flops, No Retest. The Supreme Court has rapped the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the avoidable flip flops in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam. However, it highlighted that the paper leak was not widespread as there was no material evidence to show the same.
NEET 2024 Paper Leak Case: SC Rebukes NTA For Flip Flops
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said flip flops in the NTA do not serve the interest of the students and urged the agency to avoid it. He also criticized the examination body’s decision to award grace marks to some 1,563 students to make up for the loss of time and wrong question paper, which the NTA later canceled and students had to sit for a re-test.
Chandrachud said the expert committee has to look into the shortcomings, evaluate the mechanism, and make recommendations to the NTA and the government. The special committee which was constituted by the Union Government on June 22 has been directed by the top court to formulate a Standard Operating Procedure.
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It will review the process and look into how exam centers are allotted to candidates, consider comprehensive CCTV monitoring at all exam centers, review and recommend measures to enhance the process of printing and transportation of papers, and strengthen identity checks at various stages, technological innovations to zero on impersonation, and look into privacy law.
The Ministry of Education will outline a program after the committee has to prepare a report of its findings by September 30, 2024.
