NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing Live Updates: No Retest, IIT Delhi’s Opinion On Key Physics Question Accepted, Says CJI

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Court Accepts IIT Delhi Answer On Physics Q19

The CJI has said that the court will accept the opinion shared by IIT Delhi regarding Physics question number 19. The ITT had today morning stated that option 4 is correct while option 2 is incorrect.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Retest Will Disrupt Admission Schedule, Says CJI

The SC said that directing a fresh exam would be replete with serious consequences which will be for over 24 lakh students who appeared in this exam. It would cause disruption of admission schedule, cascading effects on the course of medical, the CJI said.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: No Retest

Arguments heard for four days. The CJI concluded that cancellation of examination is not justified “on application of settled principles proposed by this court on the basis of material on record”

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Absence of Material To Conclude That There Was a Systemic Breach on The Sanctity of Exam, Says CJI

Currently, due to the absence of material on record to conclude that there was a systemic breach of the sanctity of the exam, the CJI observed.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Judgment Has Been Reserved, Says CJI

“Judgment has been reserved. In a matter like this, the conclusions of the court be recorded at the present stage since there is an urgent need to provide certainty and finality to the dispute which has occurred and affects careers of over 2 million,” the CJI said.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: CJI Dictates Judgment

The court has been learned of the fact that 50th percentile reflects the percentage of cut off. The petitioner has said that the leak was systemic in nature and coupled with the structural definincies the only course of permissible action would be to conduct a re-test, the CJI observed, reported Bar and Bench.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing Final Verdict Anytime Soon

The bench has begun dictating the judgment. Final verdict anytime soon.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing Live Updates: Bench Rises, To Resume Hearing In 5 Minutes

The bench has begun dictating the judgment. Final verdict anytime soon.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Final Verdict Expected Today

The CJI had earlier said that the court cannot keep the students hanging, hence the hearing needs to be wrapped up today. The CJI told the SG that if a retest has to be conducted, students must know that they have to start preparing now, he added.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Leak Happened on May 4 Night, Says Adv Hedge

According to Advocate Hedge, there is a video of one of the accused when he was not arrested when he said that the leak happened even before the papers went in the trunks. “On the night of May 4, students were asked to solve the papers, memorized, and even then failed. Thus it shows that for a leak adequate timeline is needed and a brief timeline is not possible,” says Hedge.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Entire Sanctity of Exam Lost, Says Hooda

Students who appeared for the exam must have Aadhar cards…why was the document not sought for a change of center. questions Adv Hooda adding that the “entire exam’s sanctity is gone and has to be held again.”

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Cannot Confirm Paper Leak Confied to Two Exam Centres, Observes CJI

“CBI investigation is going on, we also, on one hand, cannot say that the leak is confined to Hazaribagh and Patna. But we also cannot say with certainty that the leak has gone beyond Hazaribagh and Patna…and that that it completely affects the sanctity of the exam,” the CJI observed.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: CBI Has Talked About Investigation ‘So Far’, What If…..Asks Hooda

Talking about the CBI investigation, Adv Hooda said that the central agency has used the word ‘so far’. We have not gone beyond Patna and Hazaribagh. CBI is not so novice that it will accept the statement of the accused arrested ‘so far’. He added, “Investigation is still on. If today a judgment comes and tomorrow Sanjiv Mukhya is arrested along with the mobile showing he had sent it to 200 people in Sikar….”

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Sanctity Of Exam Is Finished, Hooda Tells Court

The whole world is watching, paper has been leaked, mobiles have not been found, the sanctity of the exam is finished and mere figures are being thrown at this court, says Advocate Hooda. He further added that even if 1,000 are beneficiaries, then there needs to be a retest. “Integrity has gone. If NEET is a patient, it suffers from multi-organ failure and the patient has to go,” Hooda said.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: IIT Delhi Shared Opinion Before Time

“Though we gave the IIT Delhi director time until noon, we had the answer on the table before 10 am. It would have taken probably 10 seconds to answer the question,” the CJI said during the hearing.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: We Will Go By Correct Answer, Not Editions, Says CJI

CJI: The incorrect answer in the old textbook continued until when?

SG: 2021

CJI: I think we should not go by editions. We will go by the correct answer. Suppose the latest NCERT edition has the wrong answer, but the student improvised and prepared well, and gave the correct answer.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: CJI Addresses Controversial Physics Question

SG: In case of dispute, both marks are to be counted

CJI: How is that possible? If you look at the two answers, each of them excludes the other.

SG: It’s a trick question, not an ambiguous question I’ll say

CJI: See option 2 says – both statements 1 and 2 are correct, while option 4 says statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect, so both cannot co-exist together

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: What If We Say Those Who Chose Option 2 Does Not Get Negative Marks, CJI Questions

Referring to Physics question 19, the CJI observed that the IIT report is staring at us in the face. “Now suppose we are not setting aside the whole exam.. what if we say that only option 4 is the correct answer but we also say that anybody who chooses option 2 will not get negative marks,” the CJI said adding that need to speak to NTA director about this.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: SG Refers To Decision Of Court in Tanvi Sarwal v. CBSE

Earlier, the Central Bureau of Secondary Examination (CBSE) used to conduct the medical test before NTA took over. The exam was earlier named the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT). In 2015, the Court canceled the AIPMT for 6 lakh students after it found that 44 candidates used unfair means.

Will NEET Be Cancelled? How Come There Were 67 Toppers This Time?

The number of candidates appearing for NEET (UG) saw a significant increase, rising from 20,38,596 in 2023 to 23,33,297 in 2024. This year, 67 candidates got the perfect 720 out of 720 marks, achieving All India Rank 1. Last year, there were two toppers, and one in 2022. The NTA received 13,373 challenges to the provisional answer key for a Physics question. 44 of the 67 toppers got the answer to the basic Physics question wrong but they were given “grace marks” because an older version of NCERT’s Class 12 textbook had a mistake. The experts decided that both the old and new options of NCERT textbook should be considered correct for the question. consequently, 44 out of the 67 candidates who achieved a perfect score of 720/720 did so due to this revision, while six candidates received compensatory marks for lost time during the exam.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Over 4 Lakh Students to Get Affected, SG Says

CJI: Yesterday we all referred to IIT with your consent, now let us leave it at that.

SG: But those who followed the NCERT book option should not suffer.

Justice Mishra: We are not on rote learning. We are also on fundamentals you see

SG: Then the matter ends here. 4,22,000 will be affected by this.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Paper Leak Took Place at 4 Locations, 155 Candidates Benefited, Says SG

During the hearing, the SG concluded that there is no evidence to prove that the solved papers were circulated in any form randomly except the 4 locations mentioned earlier, and around 155 candidates benefited from the stolen paper.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Questions Mugged Up in Two Hours, Says SG

The accused got only two hours to mug up the questions is reflected in the results they got, the SG told the court.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Paper Leak On Telegram Mailed to Show It Happened Before May 5

CJI: What about the telegram thing?

SG: please see how digital media can be used to wreck havoc in the country.

CJI: Ok the account was created on May 6

SG: It was uploaded on May 7 and manipulated to show as if before May 5.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: Have to Wrap Up Hearing Today, CJI Tells SG

We cannot keep the students hanging, hence we have to wrap the hearing today, the CJI told the SG. If a retest has to be conducted, students must know that they have to start preparing now, he added. The Solicitor General assured that he would take a few more minutes only, reported Indian Express.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing: CBI Investigation

CJI questions if the scanned copies are sent to no other centers except for Hazaribagh and Patna. He also asked if the CBI has any forensic data and if they can determine the question paper was sent to whom.

NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing Resumes After Lunch Break

CJI questions if the scanned copies are sent to no other centers except for Hazaribagh and Patna. He also asked if the CBI has any forensic data and if they can determine the question paper was sent to whom.

Karnataka Cabinet Approves Resolution To Scrap NEET After Shivakumar’s Call For State Entrance Exam

The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday approved a resolution to scrap NEET in the state, replacing it with a new entrance exam for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Last week, Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the central government to scrap NEET and allow states to conduct their own entrance examinations.

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NEET-UG 2024 SC Hearing to Resume at 2 PM

The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday approved a resolution to scrap NEET in the state, replacing it with a new entrance exam for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Last week, Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the central government to scrap NEET and allow states to conduct their own entrance examinations.

Over 170 Contractual, Outsourced Staff at NTA; Setting Up of Question Papers Not Outsourced: Education Ministry

Over 170 employees at NTA are either contractual or outsourced staff, the Ministry of Education informed the Parliament on Monday. The ministry, however, clarified that “all core activities involving setting up of question papers” for the exams conducted by the agency are not outsourced.

Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar said, “Director General (DG) of NTA is appointed by Central Government under the Central Staffing Scheme. In addition, the number of employees working on deputation in NTA are 22 at present. The number of contractual employees are 39 and outsourced staff or employees are 132. One employee is absorbed into NTA from his parent department.”

Asked about details regarding the tasks that have been outsourced by the NTA to other entities, Majumdar said that considering the sensitivity involved in competitive examinations, various operational and security measures are undertaken for their smooth and fair conduct.