NEET UG 2024: Live Updates from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of pleas filed by students relating to alleged irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate medical college admissions this year (NEET UG 2024)

Some of the petitioners have sought re-exam while others are opposing the same.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter.

The NEET-UG exam this year was marred by allegations of mass question paper leaks and cheating.

Both the Central government and the National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducted the exam have argued against cancelling NEET 2024.

During the hearing of the matter on July 18, the Court remarked that the leak of question paper of NEET UG 2024 seemed to be a limited one and not widespread.

Therefore, it had expressed doubts over whether the Court can cancel the exam and order a reexam on the basis of such a limited leak.

During the hearing on Monday, the Supreme Court directed the Central government and the NTA to furnish details about the use of question paper set stored at Canara Bank branches.

While one set of question papers were stored at State Bank of India (SBI), another set of question papers were stored at Canara Bank branches.

The Canara bank set was supposed to be backup in case of any discrepancy or leak of SBI question paper set.

Despite that, the Canara bank paper was apparently used in certain centres.

The Court yesterday asked the NTA to furnish details on this aspect and the same is expected to be submitted today.

The petitioners concluded their arguments yesterday and the Centre and NTA are slated to argue the matter today.

Track this page for live updates from today's hearing.