New petition filed in Supreme Court, demand for cancellation of NEET-UG exam and CBI investigation under court supervision

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam. Apart from this, the petition has appealed to get the alleged irregularities in the examination held on May 5 investigated by the CBI or any other independent agency under the supervision of the apex court. In the petition filed by 20 students who have appeared in the medical entrance examination, the apex court has also sought a direction from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others to conduct a fresh examination.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Center and NTA on a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in the examination. The new petition states that in view of the 'widespread irregularities and cheating', re-examination will only help deserving students get admission to medical institutions.

The petition states that the sanctity of the examination is questionable in view of the confirmed cases of question paper leak. According to media reports, an FIR has also been registered in this case and several people have been arrested. The petition also states that the declared result has shown that 67 candidates have scored 720 out of 720 marks. At the same time, an extraordinary increase of more than 400 percent has also been recorded in the number of students scoring 620-720 marks.