Bombay High Court has asked NTA to conduct NEET again for two candidates. (representative image)
The judges, however, said that the petitioners “won’t suffer because of the defendants’ fault.” It directed the NTA to conduct “fresh examination for the two petitioners for the academic year 2021-22” and declare their results within two weeks.
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Bombay High Court has directed National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Fresh for two medical college candidates because they were given wrong serial number question papers and answer sheets during the recently conducted examination. The High Court passed the order on Wednesday on a petition filed by two students through advocate Pooja Thorat.
The petitioners told the court that NEET aspirants are given a question paper and answer sheet (sheet) with the same code and the same seven-digit serial number. But due to the collusion by the supervisors, some students, including the petitioners, received question papers and answer sheets with different codes and serial numbers, he said.
Advocate Thorat told a bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and Abhay Ahuja that though the petitioners immediately pointed to the mix, the observers threatened to report them for “creating disturbances in the examination hall and practicing improper”. appeared for the NTA, said it was “not possible” for the examination authority to allow the petitioners to re-appear for the examination.
The judges, however, held that the petitioners “won’t suffer because of the defendants’ fault.” It directed the NTA to conduct and declare “fresh examination for the two petitioners for the academic year 2021-22”. Their results within two weeks.
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