May 26 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)
SC: Plea to quash NEET won't get urgent hearing
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The Supreme Court refused on Thursday to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking quashing of the National Eligibilitycum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS and BDS courses which was conducted on May 7.Filed by NGO Sankalp Charitable Trust, the petition alleged that the question paper of NEET was leaked on the examination date and pleaded the court to direct CBSE to conduct a fresh test.
It alleged that the question paper was leaked at one of the centres in Patna and it was circulated to aspiring medical students in different parts of the country in return for hefty sums of money.
Advocate Sachin Patel, appearing for the NGO, pleaded a vacation bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha to grant an early hearing but the court turned down the plea saying the Madras HC was already examining the issue and asked the petition er to wait for the outcome of the HC proceedings. The HC had on Wednesday restrained CBSE from declaring the results of NEET after a group of students alleged that question papers prepared in regional languages were different from those in Hindi and En glish.
“Whatever reasons you are giving, the fact is that there is an interim stay. There is an interim stay on declaration of results. The stay might be on different grounds but results will not be declared,“ the bench said and asked the lawyer to mention the case next week.
The petitioner alleged that candidates in Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand were given question paper and those allegedly involved in leak of question papers were arrested by Rajasthan and Bihar police.
The petitioner also contended that there was errors in the question paper. “In the light of above stated leakage of question paper, the said examination needs to be scrapped ... In the similar circumstances of leakage of question paper, this court had cancelled All India Pre-Medical & Pre-Dental Entrance Test, 2015 and directed fresh examination,“ the petitioner said.
It alleged that the question paper was leaked at one of the centres in Patna and it was circulated to aspiring medical students in different parts of the country in return for hefty sums of money.
Advocate Sachin Patel, appearing for the NGO, pleaded a vacation bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha to grant an early hearing but the court turned down the plea saying the Madras HC was already examining the issue and asked the petition er to wait for the outcome of the HC proceedings. The HC had on Wednesday restrained CBSE from declaring the results of NEET after a group of students alleged that question papers prepared in regional languages were different from those in Hindi and En glish.
“Whatever reasons you are giving, the fact is that there is an interim stay. There is an interim stay on declaration of results. The stay might be on different grounds but results will not be declared,“ the bench said and asked the lawyer to mention the case next week.
The petitioner alleged that candidates in Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand were given question paper and those allegedly involved in leak of question papers were arrested by Rajasthan and Bihar police.
The petitioner also contended that there was errors in the question paper. “In the light of above stated leakage of question paper, the said examination needs to be scrapped ... In the similar circumstances of leakage of question paper, this court had cancelled All India Pre-Medical & Pre-Dental Entrance Test, 2015 and directed fresh examination,“ the petitioner said.
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