NTA learnt no lessons from NEET leak: SC

NEW DELHI, 25 MAY

It’s sad that the NTA has not learnt lessons from the earlier NEET paper leak, the Supreme Court said on Monday as it sought the response of the Centre, the NTA and the CBI on pleas for replacing the testing agency with a robust, autonomous body to conduct medical entrance exams.

Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe directed that a copy of the petitions be served to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and asked the NTA to file an affidavit by Thursday regarding compliance of directions issued by the court in 2024.

“The matter came to this court earlier also. There was a monitoring committee which made some recommendations, and they were accepted. We want the NTA to file an affidavit on the steps taken for implementing the recommendations of the committee,” the bench said.

The SC, which issued a notice on a plea filed by the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), through lawyer Tanvi Dubey, said it is tagging all matters together.

It directed the committee headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan for over-hauling the NTA to detail the steps taken to comply with its directions.

All parties were directed to file their responses within three days by the court, which listed the matter for hearing on Friday.

>>More on Pg 3