The Supreme Court of India, hearing the NEET question paper leak case, on Friday, pronounced its judgment giving its detailed reasons for not canceling the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, despite a raging controversy over paper allegations and other irregularities in the exam.
While holding that there was no material to show that the leak was widespread, affecting the sanctity of the entire exam, the court highlighted the lapses made by the National Testing Agency (NTA). After the oral pronouncement, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said, "We have said that the NTA must now avoid the flip flops which it has made in this case."
"These flip-flops in the NTA do not serve the interest of the students," the CJI said. The verdict was pronounced by a three-judge bench, headed by the CJI. In the judgment, the court gave additional directions to an expert committee, which was constituted by the government on June 22 to examine measures to make the exam process more robust.