NEET UG row 2024: SC cancels grace marks awarded to candidates, orders re-test: Check exam date, grace mark scam and other highlights
NEET UG 2024 row: Supreme Court issues notices on NTA plea to transfer NEET-UG petitions, cancels grace marks amid controversy.
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Parents and students were both disappointed by the NEET UG results released on 4 June. There were also court petitions filed challenging the NEET-UG results of 2024, citing three main concerns: the awarding of grace grades to certain students; allegations of a leak of a question paper; and suspected irregularities in specific exam centers.
Many demanded an investigation and a new examination. A panel of four was formed to review the NEET UG results for 2024. The NTA announced that the committee had decided to cancel all scorecards for the 1,563 NEET UG 2024 candidates, who received grace marks. These students can take another re-test. The NTA stated that the exam would be held on June 23 and results would be announced before June 30. The grace marks will be removed from the original scores of students who don't wish to retake the exam.
The bench took note of the facts and issued the following order."The petitioner who took the NEET-UG in 2024 has expressed concerns about the allocation of compensatory scores to 1,563 candidates. The normalisation formula was used to award compensatory marks because these candidates did not have the full three hours and twenty minutes at their exam centres. This resulted in a shorter time for the examination. The compensation marks were given based on recommendations of the Grievance Redressal Committee which relied upon a judgement from this Court on the case of Disha Panthal vs. Union of India & others." The Supreme Court stressed that it would not halt NEET-UG counseling in 2024.
On July 8, the Supreme Court will review all other petitions, excluding grace marks. The court noted that NTA would announce the date of the retest today for all 1,563 students. These developments will not, however, halt the ongoing counseling process.
"Counselling will proceed, and we will not stop it. If the exam is affected, everything is affected, so there is nothing to fear," the Supreme Court declared.
