Supreme Court declines pleas to cancel NEET-UG 2024

Bench says there is no material on record “at the present stage” to prove that a systemic leak of question papers has destroyed the sanctity of the exams held annually for medical admissions across the country The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to cancel the undergraduate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 held on May 5, while observing there is no material on record “at the present stage” to prove that a systemic leak of question papers has destroyed the sanctity of the exams held annually for medical admissions across the country. “At the present stage, there is an absence of material to show that the result of the exam stands vitiated… Data produced city-wise, centre-wise and comparison of results in 2022, 2023 and 2024 do not show a systemic leak of question paper which indicate a destruction of the sanctity of the exam,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, heading a three-judge Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, reasoned. Source:thehindu.com