June 20th 2024.
The country's highest court, the Supreme Court, has recently taken notice of a plea regarding the NEET examination. The plea requests the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to release the question paper and answer key for the NEET exam. A bench, headed by Justice Vikram Nath, has agreed to hear the plea and has asked for a response from the NBE, Medical Counselling Committee, and other parties involved.
In the hearing, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has stated that they are not a necessary party in this case and should be removed from the list of parties. The NTA's counsel has pointed out that the NEET-PG exam is conducted by the National Board of Examination. Justice S.V.N. Bhatti, who is also a part of the bench, has acknowledged the NTA's submission and has stated that they will use their discretion to remove them from the case if needed.
The plea, which was directly filed in the Supreme Court, challenges the decision of the NBE to not release the question paper, answer key, and answer sheet for NEET-PG 2022. It also criticizes the fact that candidates are not given an option to re-evaluate their scores, despite there being serious discrepancies in the past exams, such as NEET-PG 2021 and NEET-PG 2022.
The plea, filed by advocate Charu Mathur, highlights the lack of transparency in the NEET-PG exam compared to other competitive exams in India. It mentions that exams like NEET-UG, conducted by the NTA, give candidates the option to challenge the answer keys. Similarly, other prestigious exams like IIT-JEE, CMAT, CLAT, and judicial services examinations also provide this option. However, the NEET-PG exam, following the trend of previous years, does not allow candidates to access their answer sheets. This goes against the petitioner's constitutional right and their legitimate right to access their answer sheets, as per the Right to Information Act, 2005.
In light of these issues, the Supreme Court has issued notice to the concerned parties and has set the next hearing on 8th of July, 2024. The court has also given the respondents the opportunity to file their counter affidavits. We hope that this matter will be resolved in a fair and just manner for the benefit of all NEET-PG candidates.
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