Many petitions contesting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 are currently being heard by the Supreme Court of India. The main focus of these petitions is the alleged irregularities and exam paper leaks that occurred on May 5, 2024. It is expected that the final decision from the hearing, which was chaired by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will be announced soon.

The bench of the supreme court directed the Solicitor General to provide the correct response to Physics Question 19 to them. An expert group of three IIT-Delhi members is entrusted with giving the right answer to the NCERT question that resulted in 44 candidates achieving the top ranks. The committee is to form an opinion on the appropriate response and send it to the Registrar by noon tomorrow.

CJI Chandrachud raised doubts about the precise timing of the purported NEET paper leak during today’s proceedings, suggesting that it might have occurred prior to the question papers being sent to banks. The government had previously stated that the leak happened early on May 5 and was restricted to specific districts in Jharkhand and Bihar. The CJI asserted, however, that if the leak happened on May 4 night, it happened before the question papers were kept in the banks’ strong room vaults.