Supreme Court Hearing on NEET 2024 Paper Leak

Jul 8, 2024

Supreme Court Hearing on NEET 2024 Paper Leak

Key Points from the Lecture

  • Speaker: CGI Chandra Chur
  • Topic: NEET 2024 Paper Leak and Court Actions

Overview

  • Issue: Leak of the question paper for the 2024 NEET UG Exam.
  • Court’s Goal: Determine whether a retest is necessary based on the extent and impact of the leak.
  • Entities Involved: Supreme Court of India, CBI, NTA.

Supreme Court Directives

  • Bench: Three judges - Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachur, Justices J.B. Pardiwala, and Manoj Mishra.
  • Parameters for Retest Decision:
    • Breach at the systemic level?
    • Does the breach impact the integrity of the entire exam process?
    • Can beneficiaries of the fraud be segregated from untainted students?

Immediate Actions and Inquiries

  1. Set Hearing Date: Further hearing on July 11th.
  2. Information Requests:
    • NTA:
      • Exact timing of the leak.
      • Method of dissemination of leaked papers.
      • Duration between leak and exam date (May 5th).
    • CBI:
      • Investigation status by July 8th.
      • Report on findings until now.
  3. Preventive Measures: Government to form a multi-disciplinary team of experts.

Key Questions for NTA and CBI

  • NTA:
    • Steps to identify leak beneficiaries.
    • Efforts to identify centers and cities involved.
    • Methodologies to identify and segregate tainted students.
    • Feasibility of using data analytics for detection.
  • CBI:
    • Update on the investigation progress.
    • Materials discovered thus far.

Future Preventive Measures

  • Formation of an expert committee to prevent future breaches.
  • Assigning the government the task of constituting the committee with possible court additions.

Deadlines

  • Affidavits Submission: Center, NTA, and CBI to submit by 5:00 PM on July 10th.
  • Next Hearing: Scheduled for July 11th.

Conclusion

  • Further actions pending responses from NTA and CBI.
  • Focus on separating fraudulent participants if possible, otherwise considering a retest.

Miscellaneous

  • Lecture concluded with a note to subscribe to updates from the Indian Express.