After the Supreme Court ruling on the complicated Physics question on Tuesday, over four lakh students who took the NEET-UG 2024 exam will lose four marks. This comes amid allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the medical entrance exam.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that there was only one correct and valid answer from a set of four answers after one student pointed out that “Question No. 29” of the Physics section had two correct answers.
According to an NDTV report, the students who will lose four marks include 44 who had scored a perfect 720/720.
The court’s order came after a panel of three experts from IIT Delhi told the apex court that there was only one right answer and not two to a controversial physics question that was asked in the NEET-UG 2024 examination.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala asked the Director, IIT-Delhi to set up a team of three experts to go into the particular question of physics and submit a report on the correct answer by Tuesday noon.
Referring to the contents of the report, the CJI said, “We have received the IIT Delhi report. The IIT Director Rangan Banerjee constituted a committee from the Department of Physics and they say a team of three experts examined the question. They say that the option four is the correct answer.”
More than 23.33 lakh students had taken the test on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 overseas.
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
Supreme Court’s Ruling on NEET-UG Retest
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against conducting a re-test for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 exam, stating that such a measure is not justified based on the evidence at hand.
Asserting that there was no evidence of systemic question paper leaks or other malpractices on record, the court dismissed pleas seeking cancellation and re-test.
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