New Delhi, July 22 (UNI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the head of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi to form a three-member expert committee to give their opinion on the correct answer to a multiple-choice question in the physics section of the National-Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Under Graduate 2024, for which the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded marks for two options.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra directed the IIT-Delhi director that the expert opinion of the committee should be placed before the Court by Tuesday noon.
The Apex Court passed these directions after hearing a few petitioners challenging the decision of the NTA to treat two options as the correct answers to question number 29.
The Court also heard various other issues relating to the alleged paper leak and system failure in conducting the NEET–UG-2024.
The Supreme Court while hearing a batch of petitions alleging irregularities and malpractices in the conduct of the medical entrance exam, including a paper leak, asked the counsel for the parties as to what emerged from the declaration of the centre-wise and city-wise results of the exam.
