HC bats for CBI probe into NEET cases
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.10.2019
The Madras high court on Wednesday asserted that it would be appropriate for a central agency to investigate the alleged impersonation in NEET as the fraud was a pan-India phenomenon and suggested facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of students.
A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan also directed the media to refrain from exposing the identity of the students, who are alleged to have impersonated. “The parents are responsible as they are the ones thrusting their wish upon children to become doctors. Therefore, the media shall refrain themselves from publishing the photographs or reveal their identity in the best interest of the students,” the bench said.
The court noted that it is the bounden duty of the government to provide counselling to students who have been arrested, even after they are released.
Directing the National Testing Agency (NTA) to provide fingerprint copies of all the 4,250 students admitted to MBBS courses in the state to the CB-CID to verify their credentials, the bench said, “The process of conducting examination, counselling and getting admission into the medical colleges should be designed in a way to make it a combined process by making use of thumb impression and facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of the students at every stage.”
The court then suo motu impleaded the CBI, the director general of health services, New Delhi, and 13 deemed-to-be private universities running medical colleges in the state as party respondents to the plea.
Noting that the role of NEET coaching centres in the fraud cannot be ruled out, the bench said that the centre government should bring in a procedure to register the coaching centres with an authority so that cases of fraud by coaching centres can be detected immediately.
Also, asserting that allowing students to give multiple attempts in NEET and permitting them to compete with freshers would amount to inequality, the court directed the authorities to provide the details of number of freshers admitted this year by October 24.
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.10.2019
The Madras high court on Wednesday asserted that it would be appropriate for a central agency to investigate the alleged impersonation in NEET as the fraud was a pan-India phenomenon and suggested facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of students.
A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan also directed the media to refrain from exposing the identity of the students, who are alleged to have impersonated. “The parents are responsible as they are the ones thrusting their wish upon children to become doctors. Therefore, the media shall refrain themselves from publishing the photographs or reveal their identity in the best interest of the students,” the bench said.
The court noted that it is the bounden duty of the government to provide counselling to students who have been arrested, even after they are released.
Directing the National Testing Agency (NTA) to provide fingerprint copies of all the 4,250 students admitted to MBBS courses in the state to the CB-CID to verify their credentials, the bench said, “The process of conducting examination, counselling and getting admission into the medical colleges should be designed in a way to make it a combined process by making use of thumb impression and facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of the students at every stage.”
The court then suo motu impleaded the CBI, the director general of health services, New Delhi, and 13 deemed-to-be private universities running medical colleges in the state as party respondents to the plea.
Noting that the role of NEET coaching centres in the fraud cannot be ruled out, the bench said that the centre government should bring in a procedure to register the coaching centres with an authority so that cases of fraud by coaching centres can be detected immediately.
Also, asserting that allowing students to give multiple attempts in NEET and permitting them to compete with freshers would amount to inequality, the court directed the authorities to provide the details of number of freshers admitted this year by October 24.
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