NTA to move SC for transfer of pleas from different HCs

The National Testing Agency (NTA) plans to approach the Supreme Court to consolidate petitions filed by NEET-UG candidates across various high courts.

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• ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN NEET-UG EXAM

These petitions concern alleged random granting of grace marks, paper leaks, and evaluation anomalies, the Delhi High Court was informed on Wednesday.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, presiding over a vacation bench, issued a notice to the NTA and requested responses to four petitions filed by NEET-UG 2024 candidates. The high court also declined to halt the counselling process, similar to a decision by the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench that multiple petitions related to the NEET-UG 2024 examination’s alleged irregularities are pending in seven different high courts and the Supreme Court. Mehta indicated that the NTA will file a transfer petition in the apex court to consolidate these cases aiming to avoid conflicting rulings from different high courts.