Chronology of events in NEET-UG 2024 case

new delhi: the supreme court on tuesday dismissed pleas seeking cancellation and re-test of the neet-ug 2024 exam and held that there was no data on record to indicate a systemic leak of question papers and other malpractices. following is the chronology of events in the case: * feb 9, 2024: national testing agency (nta) issues public notice for online submission of application form for neet-ug 2024. * may 5: neet-ug 2024 exam conducted at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 cities abroad. * may 17: sc seeks responses from centre and nta on plea alleging irregularities in neet-ug 2024 held on may 5. * june 4: results for neet-ug 2024 declared, 67 candidates bag top rank. * june 11: observing that sanctity of neet-ug 2024 has been affected, sc seeks responses from the centre and the nta on a plea seeking holding of a fresh examination on grounds of alleged question paper leak and other malpractices. * june 13: centre tells sc it has cancelled grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the neet-ug examination for admission to mbbs and other such courses. centre says they will have the option to either take a re-test or forgo the compensatory marks awarded to them for loss of time. * june 14: sc seeks responses from centre and nta on a plea seeking a cbi probe into allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in neet-ug 2024. * june 18: sc says that even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on the part of anyone in the conduct of the neet-ug 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with. * june 23: as many as 813 of the 1,563 candidates earlier awarded grace marks in neet-ug appear for a re-test, officials said. * july 1: number of candidates sharing top rank in medical entrance test neet-ug reduced to 61 from 67 as nta announces revised results. * july 5: scrapping neet-ug 2024 exam in entirety would "seriously jeopardise" lakhs of honest candidates and not be rational in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality, centre tells sc. * july 5: nta tells sc that cancellation of neet-ug 2024 would be hugely counterproductive and significantly harmful to the larger public interest, especially to the career prospects of those who cleared it. * july 10: centre tells sc there was neither any indication of "mass malpractice" nor a localised set of candidates being benefitted leading to abnormal scores in neet-ug 2024. * july 18: sc directs nta to declare by 12 noon of july 20 centre and city-wise results of neet-ug 2024 while masking the identities of the aspirants. * july 22: sc asks director of iit-delhi to set up a team of three experts that would go into a particular question of physics asked in the neet-ug 2024 examination and submit a report on the correct answer by next day noon. * july 23: sc rules out cancellation, re-test of neet-ug, 2024 exam. "there is absence of material to conclude that result of neet-ug 2024 exam is vitiated or there is systemic breach," says cji d y chandrachud.