Supreme Court rejects plea for re-examination of NEET UG 2024

• Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order a reexamination for NEET UG for the year 2024
• "At the present stage there is absence of material on record to lead to a conclusion that result of the exam is vitiated", the court said
• A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the matter

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order a reexamination for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test undergraduate exam for the year 2024 (NEET UG 2024).

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that the evidence before it was not sufficient to show a widespread leak of question paper as alleged by the petitioners who moved the Court.

"At the present stage there is absence of material on record to lead to a conclusion that result of the exam is vitiated or that there is a systemic breach of the sanctity of the exam," the Court said while rejecting the plea for a retest.

Thus, ordering cancellation of the entire exam would not be justified on application of settled principles propounded by the apex court and on the basis of material on record, the Bench underlined.

The admissions to medical colleges across the country for undergraduate courses is based on NEET UG score. The petitioners, who are candidates who wrote NEET, had sought reexamination citing irregularities including question paper leaks.