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New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to invalidate the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were awarded grace marks. The decision comes in response to allegations of unfair means during the examination process. The Centre also said that only these students will be given the option to take the exam again on June 23.
The Centre issued a statement to the court announcing that it would provide these 1,563 students with an opportunity to appear in the exam again. The aim of this action is to maintain fairness and integrity in the examination process.
Speaking to news agency ANI, advocate Shwetank said, “We filed a PIL regarding the NEET exam issue and our main issue was about paper leak and other malpractices by NTA. The court has directed that the re-examination will be conducted on June 23.”
The centre explained how they dealt with the problem. They set up a committee to investigate the allegations on June 10, 11 and 12. After reviewing the committee's suggestions, they decided to cancel the marks of the concerned students and arrange for them to take the exam again.
In another development, the Supreme Court reiterated that it will not stay the counselling of NEET-UG, 2024. “The counselling will continue and we will not stop it. If the exam is held then everything happens perfectly, so there is nothing to fear,” ANI quoted the apex court as saying.
