NEET case: Next hearing scheduled for May 29
Indore: The High Court on Monday held another hearing in the ongoing NEET UG result case.
Before the hearing on Monday, NTA had proposed the formation of an investigative committee and submitted a report regarding the matter.
"Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared virtually at 2:30 pm and mentioned that they had conducted the statistical analysis in which averaging of attempts of questions from the affected centres were found to be almost equal to the attempts made at the centres near Indore," said Advocate Mridul Bhatnagar.
Bhatnagar argued that the centres near Indore don't have appropriate facilities and so their attempts could not be compared to Indore ones.
"We have toppers from Indore and so their attempts cannot be compared to the students from nearby areas," he said adding that he informed the court that over 60 petitions have already been filed from Indore and Ujjain.
"Solicitor General Mehta asked for more time and the next hearing has now been scheduled for Thursday, May 29," he said.
The NEET UG result is expected to be declared on June 14. "Initially, NTA's response mentioned that the exam was affected at 24 centres in Indore, but in the latest reply submitted on Monday, NTA clarified that the exam was disrupted at 18 centres in Indore and 6 in Ujjain, affecting over 2,000 students in total.
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Around 27,000 students appeared for the NEET UG exam in Indore this year, where 49 centres were set up. The petitioners have requested the High Court to allow a re-exam for the affected students who wish to appear again, arguing that students deserve a fair opportunity to demonstrate their abilities," he said.
Responding to this, Solicitor General Mehta said that the exam was conducted smoothly and peacefully. Bhatnagar countered this by emphasizing that NEET UG was not a regular exam and required uninterrupted power supply, which the NTA failed to ensure. In its official reply, NTA acknowledged that power supply was disrupted for durations ranging from 10 minutes to over an hour at several centres.
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