NEET-UG exam row: SC warns of no tolerance for exam negligence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said even if there was ldquo0001 per cent negligencerdquo on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEETUG 2024 examination it should be thoroughly dealt withObserving that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations the apex court said the litigation pertaining to the National EligibilitycumEntrance Test Undergraduate2024 examination ought not be treated as adversarialldquoEven if there is 0001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone it should be thoroughly dealt withrdquo a vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti told the advocates appearing for the Centre and the National Testing Agency NTA The NTA conducts the all India premedical entrance testThe bench was hearing two separate petitions raising grievances including on grace marks given to students in the examination held on May 5 ldquoWe all know the labour which the children undergo especially in preparing for these examsrdquo the bench said adding ldquoImagine a person who has played fraud on the system becomes a doctor he is more deleterious to the societyrdquoldquoRepresenting an agency which is responsible for conducting the examination you must stand firm If there is a mistake yes this is a mistake and this is the action we are going to take At least that inspires confidence in your performancerdquo bench told NTArsquos counselRahul slams PM Modi for lsquosilencersquoRahul Gandhi hit out at PM Modi for maintaining ldquosilencerdquo on the NEET exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks Gandhi said arrests made in Bihar Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned mannerAAP demands SC monitored probeAAP leaders gathered at the Jantar Mantar to protest against the alleged irregularities Saurabh Bharadwaj demanded that a Supreme Court monitored probe be initiated into the matter ldquoThere are 24 lakh students who appeared in the exam They prepared for 16 to 18 hours for the exam Never before have people heard that someone paid a bribe to ace the examrdquo he said Bharadwaj cited the example of Bihar where some aspirants received the examrsquos question paper and answers in a lsquosafe housersquo near Patna a day before it was conducted on May 5This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever