SC: Sanctity of NEET-UG compromised

‘In a situation where a breach affects entirety of process and it’s not possible to segregate beneficiaries, it may be necessary to order a re-test’

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The Supreme Court on Monday said that there is no doubt that the NEET-UG held on May 5 was compromised by question paper leak and asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to apprise it of the steps taken to identify the candidates who were benefited from the paper leak.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also asked NTA to inform about the steps taken by it to identify the centres/cities where leak of paper took place and modalities followed to identify beneficiaries of the leak and how the leak was disseminated.

Saying that the fact of the paper leak in the NEET-UG exam cannot be denied, the bench observed that it has to be ascertained if the nature of the leak was widespread or isolated to decide on ordering a re-test.