The Supreme Court has allowed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to announce the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) results for undergraduate courses for the year 202. NTA is expected to release the results on Sunday.
A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Dinesh Maheshwari and Bhushan R Gavai quashed a Bombay High Court stay halting the declaration of results because of a mix-up in the case of two students.
The apex court said the issue raised by the two students before the High Court can be examined, but the results of 16 lakh students cannot be withheld due to that. “
“We will decide what happens to the two students upon reopening. But we cannot hold the results of 16 lakh students.”
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Central government argued that the issue raised by the students must be rectified, but putting future of lakh of students on hold does not make any sense.
The two students before the High Court had stated that their test booklets and OMR sheets got mixed up during the NEET exam because the test booklets had fallen when invigilators were distributing them. The HC then directed the NTA to re-examine the two students by conducting an independent NEET examination.
After Bombay HC’s stay, the NTA moved the top court saying the result of NEET (UG) 2021 is ready, but it cannot be declared.
Now, NTA has set Sunday as the tentative day to announce the result.
