NEET-UG Case: NTA Must Avoid Flip Flops, Identify And Rectify Errors, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ordered the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under scrutiny over its conduct of the NEET-UG exam, to rectify deficiencies in the examination system.

This includes leveraging technology to detect and resolve cybersecurity issues to prevent paper leaks.

The court further directed the NTA to avoid "flip flops" regarding the NEET exam, which was conducted on 5 May but later faced trouble when results were announced a month later.

"We have said that NTA must now avoid the flip flops which has happened now because it does not serve well. These issues such as rear door being kept open in strong room etc, then granting compensatory marks, then grace marks which led to 44 getting 720/720. We have highlighted all errors of NTA and thus committee should identify and rectify these. These issues which have arisen must be rectified by the Union of India this year itself so that it is not repeated," the Court said pronouncing its judgment in the case relating to NEET-UG 2024, Bar and Bench reported.

The Court remarked that these flip-flops in the NTA do not serve the interest of the students.

The bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, has set a deadline of 30 September for a committee headed by ex-ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan, which includes former AIIMS (Delhi) director Randeep Guleria, to present its report.

This committee is tasked with examining the entire examination process and suggest changes to make it more efficient.

After the committee submits its report, the Ministry of Education shall formulate the program to be implemented in a month and then inform the court of the development after two weeks of the said decision, Livelaw reported.

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