Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on June 21 again declined to stay the process of counselling in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024 and has issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the examination.
A vacation bench of Justices VikramNath and SVN Bhatti of the apex court has tagged the fresh pleas along with pending petitions and posted them for hearing on July 8.
On June 20, the apex court had issued a notice on a plea filed by the NTAseeking the transfer of petitions relating to the NEET -UG, 2024 examination from the High Courts to the apex court.A vacation bench has also stayed proceedings before different high courts.The vacation bench was hearing pleas due to allegations of question paper leaks and other malpractices.The apex court reiterated that it will not stop the counselling process.
The Supreme Court has also issued a notice to the Centre and NTAon a petition filed by some students who appeared in the Meghalaya centre for NEET-UG exam and allegedly lost 45 minutes and prayed they should be a part of the 1563 students who got grace marks and were given the option to appear for re-exam on June 23.
The Supreme Court has posted the pleas for hearing on July 8.TheNEET-UG 2024 exam was conducted on May 5 and its results were declared on June 4, ahead of its scheduled announcement date of June 14.