NEET UG results 2024: Centre demands in Supreme Court to re-examine 1,563 candidates on June 23

The Supreme Court granted the Centre’s suggestion to allow 1563 students to repeat the exam in order to make up for lost time during the examination on May 5, as addressed in a petition on Thursday, June 13, that disputed the NTA’s award of grace marks in NEET-UG 2024.

The court granted permission for the NTA to cancel the scorecards of the 1563 candidates who chose to appear and conduct the retest, most likely on June 23. The original scorecards (without the grace marks) of the individuals who do not wish to participate will be taken into consideration.

In order to expedite the counselling procedure starting on July 6, the NTA was notified that the retest results would probably be announced by June 30. The court issued notice and labelled petitions related to alleged malpractices in the NEET exam’s administration, with an upcoming hearing on July 8.

Appearing on behalf of one of the petitioners, Advocate Balaji informed the court that he was satisfied with the idea for the cancellation and retest. However, Counsel Sai Deepak questioned about the students who came across delays at the exam centre but chose not to contact the court.

There were six examination centres where delays have been observed, according to lawyer Sai Deepak, who was representing Alakh Pandey, the founder of Physics Wallah, in court. He begged that a window remain open for those students to request retests. Alakh Pandey said in his suit that the NTA’s grace mark awarding process was “arbitrary.” A minimum of 1,500 students received 70–80 marks as grace marks, according to Pandey’s collection of representations from over 20,000 students.

Due to alleged irregularities in the granting of grace marks and claims of paper leaks, three petitions were listed today in the highest court, asking for the cancellation of the NEET UG 2024 and the scheduling of a retest.

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