SC issues notices on NTA’s plea seeking transfer of cases on NEET-UG row from HCs to it
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to private parties on a plea of the National Testing Agency seeking transfer of cases pending in various high courts on the NEET-UG row to the top court to avoid multiplicity of litigation. SC issues notices on NTA’s plea seeking transfer of cases on NEET-UG row from HCs to it A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submission of the National Testing Agency’s counsel that several pleas, seeking cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test–Under Graduate, 2024 on the allegations of question paper leak and other malpractices, are pending in several high courts. The NTA, meanwhile, said it wanted to withdraw three other petitions, which were seeking transfer of cases from high courts to the top court, as they pertained to grant of grace marks to 1,563 candidates on account of loss of time during the examination on May 5. Amid a raging row over the NEET-UG examination, the Centre and the NTA on Thursday told the Supreme Court they have cancelled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses.