The Supreme Court is currently addressing complaints about irregularities in the NEET UG exam. A total of 38 petitions are under consideration. Of these, 34 have been submitted by students, teachers, and coaching institutes, while the remaining 4 have been filed by the National Testing Agency.

A division bench consisting of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Manoj Mishra, and Justice JB Pardiwala is hearing these cases. Among the petitions, there is also a demand for the cancellation of the entire examination and a re-examination.

Prepared a year for NEET 2024

Nitish Kumar, accused of leaking the NEET paper in Bihar, admitted during police remand that they had planned to facilitate cheating for the NEET 2023 exam but did not receive the paper in time. He also revealed that, learning from their 2023 mistakes, they had been preparing for a year to leak the NEET 2024 paper.

Hearing on exam rigging complaints

The hearing is scheduled to start at 2 PM. Senior advocate Amit Anand Tiwari, representing the students of Meghalaya who received the exam paper 40 minutes late and were not awarded grace marks, said, “I am present on behalf of the students.”

Chief Justice of India stated, “We will begin the hearing at 2 o’clock. First, we will address the complaints alleging widespread rigging in the entire exam. Following that, we will hear the individual complaints.”