NO Re-NEET 2024 Supreme Court Final Verdict

The Supreme Court said there will be no re-test of NEET UG 2024. The SC rejected petitions seeking cancellation of NEET results 2024 and NEET re-exam. The court stated that the data on record did not show systemic leak or disruption in the sanctity of the NEET exam. The NEET 2024 hearing was conducted by the bench headed by Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. The court was hearing 40 petitions related to the re-conduct of NEET UG 2024 and the exam irregularities held on May 5.

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In its judgement on July 23, SC said there is an absence of materials on record to show systemic breach in the conduct of the exam. CJI accepted the report from IIT Delhi director. The team of experts have revealed option 4 is the correct answer for Physics section question number 19.

In its hearing on July 22, the Supreme Court has ordered SG to provide answer to Physics question 19. In this regard, an expert committee from IIT Delhi will determine the correct answer for the question that led to addition of grace marks. During the hearing, Hooda said that the court should re-conduct NEET exam for everyone. If not for everyone, at least the qualified candidates should be asked to re-appear.

On July 18, the NTA was directed by Supreme Court to publish city and centre-wise NEET results 2024 by masking the identity of candidates on the official website, exam.nta.ac.in. The NTA has filed an additional affidavit in the court refuting the allegation of conflict of interest on the report prepared by IIT Madras which showed no mass malpractices in NEET exam.

The petitioners argued that the IIT Madras cannot be relied on as the IIT Madras director is a member of the NTA's governing body. They stated that the IIT Madras data should have focused on one lakh students who secured seats in the NEET UG results not on 23 lakh students who appeared in NEET exam. However, the CJI questioned the solving of the NEET question paper 2024 within 45 minutes. Read this article to know Supreme Court NEET hearing in detail.

SC Hearing on NEET 2024 Exam Live Updates

Check the NEET UG 2024 Supreme Court latest updates below.

July 23, 2024- 4:50 PM

Supreme Court says no re-test of NEET 2024

The Supreme Court has ordered that there is an urgent need to provide certainty and finality to a dispute which affects the careers of over 2 million students. Leak at Patna and Hazaribagh took place is not a dispute. There is an absence of materials on record to show there was a systemic breach in the NEET exam. The Supreme Court has dismissed pleas seeking NEET UG re-test and cancellation of the result. The NEET UG exam was conducted at 4,750 centres across 571 cities and 14 cities abroad.

July 23, 2024- 4:10 PM

Retest should be ordered

Hooda says re-NEET should be ordered. Even if 1000 students have been benefited from the paper leak. The arrested man in a video has admitted that leak happened even before the papers went in the trunks.

July 23, 2024- 3:50 PM

OMR sheets transported alone or combined with question paper

Adv Hooda claimed OMR sheets and question papers are in the same envelope through e-rickshaw. SG, however, argued that it was the OMR sheets alone and not the question papers. In NEET centre Rajasthan, the NTA stated that the agency got to know the wrong medium question paper was distributed to students only in 2 hours. Hooda claimed Why it was not captured on CCTV.

July 23, 2024- 3:36 PM

We cannot rule out the possibility that the leak occurred beyond Patna and Hazaribagh

Hooda noted that the Patna Police records indicated the accused mentioned a leak before the examination, while the CBI's statement suggested the leak occurred on the day of the exam.

"We cannot confidently assert that the leak was confined to Patna and Hazaribagh and did not extend further."

July 23, 2024- 3:16 PM

CJI proposes awarding full marks for option 4 while avoiding negative marking for option 2

CJI: How about we decide that only option 4 is the correct answer, but those who selected option 2 won't receive negative marking? Please discuss this with the NTA director.

SG: I find this reasonable. Your lordships should ensure this does not set a precedent.

July 23, 2024- 2:40 PM

Physics question number 19 was trick question

NTA stated that the question number 19 of Physics section of NEET 2024 was trick question. Check the question below:

Question: Given below are two statements: Statement I: Atoms are electrically neutral as they contain equal number of positive and negative charges. Statement II: Atoms of each element are stable and emit their characteristic spectrum?

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

(4) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

July 23, 2024- 2:15 PM

Plan to wrap up today

The Supreme Court hearing on NEET matter has resumed after the lunch break. CJI D Y Chandrachud has said that they are plan to wrap up today the case. NTA has claimed that the Telegram group was created on May 6 and paper was uploaded on May 7 and the group manipulated to show as it was leaked before May 5.

July 23, 2024- 2:00 PM

Leak was not widespread

The NEET paper leak was not widespread. CBI tries to prove that the leak was confined to Hazaribagh only. later, it was transmitted to Patna and the damage is not larger. NTA along with CBI statements prove that few centres in the country were impacted with the leak.

July 23, 2024- 1:05 PM

Paper leak originated in Hazaribagh

The NEET paper leak originated in Hazaribagh and was sent to Patna by the gang through WhatsApp message. If the chats would not have been deleted by the gang members, then the agency will be able to know the data where the paper was sent.

July 23, 2024- 12:55 PM

Devices used to share NEET papers

CJI: Have you recovered the devices used to share papers?

CBI: They have destroyed those devices. Few other burnt pieces have been recovered yesterday. We are investigating the same.

July 23, 2024- 12:45 PM

Paper leak took place in Hazaribagh

SG Tushar Mehta stated that the paper leak took place in Hazaribagh. It from that place the papers were transmitted to Patna. The officer said the Centre Superintendent and Coordinator signed the packet as they were also involved in the malpractice and now have been arrested. There were around 8 solvers and each solver was given 25 questions.

July 23, 2024- 12:20 PM

813 candidates appeared for retest

A to total of 813 candidates appeared for the re-exam held on June 23 out of 1563 candidates who were given grace marks. The success rate among 1,563 candidates was 1.63 per cent. Canara Bank question paper was wrongly given in 12 NEET centres, out of which only 4 centres replaced the NEET question paper and rest decided to continue with the Canara Bank papers to avoid loss of time.

July 23, 2024- 12:05 PM

14,546 students applied for city change

As per NTA, a total of 14,546 out of over 23 lakh candidates applied for change of city across 4020 centres. The NEET application window 2024 was reopened after several students failed to register before last date. The NTA did not take residential proof for choice of exam city.

July 23, 2024- 11:25 AM

Top students spread across 18 states

Solicitor General says that the total number of centres are 4,750 and the top 100 students are spread across 95 centres, 56 cities and 18 states/UTs.

July 23, 2024- 10:45 AM

NEET 2024 Supreme Court hearing resumes

The hearing of NEET 2024 paper leak matter has been resumed. The court said that they have received the report from IIT Delhi director. The team of experts have reviewed the NEET Physics section question number 19. As per experts, option 4 is the correct answer.

July 23, 2024- 10:25 AM

NEET UG 2024 exam

The NEET, National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test is an entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for candidates who wish to take admissions in top medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, Nursing, AYUSH and other related courses in top government and private colleges in India.

July 23, 2024- 9:25 AM

IIT-Delhi to provide correct answer of Physics Q19

The SC asked the IIT-Delhi to form a three-member committee to provide correct answer to NEET Physics question. The question number 19 of Physics section is said to have resulted in the top ranks of 44 students in NEET UG 2024.

July 23, 2024- 8:45 AM

NEET 2024 final judgement likely today

The SC will continue to hear petitions on re-NEET 2024 today from 10:30 onwards. Clarity over NEET 2024 counselling will also be made after the SC's final verdict on the NEET re-test.

July 22, 2024 -4:30 PM

NEET 2024 SC hearing to resume tomorrow

The Supreme Court will resume its hearing related to NEET UG 2024 matter tomorrow July 23. The NTA and the Centre will present their submissions. Earlier, the court had said that the decision on NEET case will be announced by July 22 noon.

July 22, 2024 -4:10 PM

Expert committee to review the Physics question

CJI has suggested that Director, IIT Delhi to constitute an expert committee to determine the correct answer for Physics section question 19. The committee must submit the its response by tomorrow, July 23.

July 22, 2024 -3:30 PM

Marks for wrong answer must be withdrawn

The lawyer questioned that the grace marks were given for a wrong question in Physics should be withdrawn. As per the new NCERT book, option 4 is the correct answer and those who answered option 2 cannot be given full marks. Which shows both answers cannot be scientifically correct.

July 22, 2024 -3:05 PM

Lawyer questions re-exam for 1563 candidates

The credibility of the NEET is in doubt. Another lawyer questions how did the NTA come up with the figure of 1,563 students who appeared in NEET re-test. There has been another question on NTA's decision of re-opening of application window.

July 22, 2024 -2:40 PM

NEET 2024 toppers cannot be trusted nor exam was transparent

CBI investigation is not limited to Patna, the leak was caught in Patna. The investigator has not come to any conclusion that it was a localised leak. The advocate Hegde said the NTA agreed for the NEET retest only after the court intervened. The NTA has not been transparent. The exam which gave 61 toppers cannot be trusted.

July 22, 2024 -2:20 PM

If not re-NEET for everyone, then 13 lakh students should be asked to re-appear

In the closing argument, Hooda said that the court should re-conduct NEET 2024 for all candidates. If not for everyone, at least the qualified candidates which has the number around 13 lakh should be asked to re-appear in the exam.

July 22, 2024 -1:30 PM

SC hearing on NEET

The petitioner pointed out several issues such as on the clarity of when OMR sheets are sealed, lack of address verification, deposit of OMR sheets and several others.

July 22, 2024 -12:50 PM

Students travelled to far away exam centres

Students from various states travelled to other states for the malpractice. One girl from Gujarat went all the way to Belagavi, Karnataka and got 705 marks, but she failed in her 12th exams. Like other students went for NEET test in Haryana from Bihar which shows the systemic failure in NEET UG besides the paper leak.

July 22, 2024 -12:25 PM

Data shows systemic failure

NTA gave grace marks to Hardayal Schoo students despite Canara Bank paper was given to them and 6 of them got full marks. Hooda questioned that what was the question of giving grace marks?. Both Kota and Sikar have an equal number of candidates. As per the NEET result data, around 38 out of 50 students are only from Sikar who scored over 650 marks.

July 22, 2024 -11:55 AM

Wrong paper was distributed in 8 NEET centres: NTA

The NTA has admitted that the wrong booklet was distributed during NEET exam 2024 in some centres. The NEET papers were taken back and correct paper was given to them. Those candidates were given grace marks due to loss of him or they were given opportunity to appear in re-exam.

July 22, 2024 -11:20 AM

CJI says NEET paper leak did not happen during transportation

The Chief Justice after reading Bihar Police report, has said that the NEET paper leak occurred on the night of May 4. He stated that the leak did not happen during transportation. The leak was not widespread.

July 22, 2024 -11:00 AM

NEET paper leak happened before May 5

Advocate Hooda argued that It is clearly a matter of paper leak. The NEET paper leak happened not on May 5 morning, but prior on May 4. The Bihar police report suggested the same. NTA's statement that the paper leak happened on May 5 is hard to believe and contrary to the Bihar police report. It is a handy work of a gang.

July 22, 2024 -10:30 AM

SC hearing of NEET UG begins

The Supreme Court hearing of NEET UG 2024 matters has started. The petitioner has stated that All India Rank and serial numbers of the exam centers were not given in the results published on Saturday, July 20.

Supreme Court Hearing on NEET 2024 - Highlights

• CJI dismissed the pleas seeking cancellation of NEET results 2024 and re-exam of NEET UG 2024. The court has said that the data on record has not shown any systematic leak or cheating.

• The SC accepted the IIT-Delhi report on Physics section question number 19. The team of experts have given option 4 as the correct answer. The NTA will continue with the same answer while marking the students.

• The Court has said that the CBI investigation is ongoing. If the information shared by CBI is disclosed and is made public, it will affect the investigation. The CBI has filed a second report related to NEET paper leak and others.

• The MCC has asked medical colleges to release their seat matrix for NEET UG 2024 counselling on its official website. In an official notice, the NEET counselling conducting authority informed medical colleges participating in NEET counselling 2024 to enter their seats on intramcc portal at the earliest. The NEET counselling 2024 process will be conducted soon.

• The NEET 2024 question paper got compromised during transportation. The petitioners' lawyer alleged that the private courier company took the NEET paper for 6 days and transported to Oasis School in Hazaribagh. The paper was received by the school principal. CBI had arrested the principal.

• The IIT Madras NEET report showed that there was neither any indication of mass malpractice or students benefited from the abnormal scores. However, it attributed it to the reduction in the NEET syllabus which lead to the high scores in the exam.