Highlights of SC verdict in NEET-UG 2024 case

new delhi: following are the highlights of the supreme court's verdict on tuesday that rejected pleas seeking cancellation and re-test of the controversy-ridden neet-ug 2024 examination. * sc holds there is no evidence on record to conclude that neet-ug 2024 was “vitiated” on account of “systemic breach” of its sanctity. * sc, instead of reserving the judgement, dictates operative parts and says there is an urgent need to provide certainty and finality to the dispute which affects the career of over 2 million students. * sc says data on record is not indicative of a systemic leak of question paper which would indicate a disruption of the sanctity of the examination. * sc says ordering re-test would be replete with serious consequences for over 24 lakh students who appeared in the exam. * sc says ordering a re-test would cause disruption of admission schedule, have cascading effect on the course of medical education and impact availability of qualified medical professionals in the future. * sc says directing a re-test would be seriously disadvantageous for the marginalised groups for whom reservation was made in allocation of seats. * sc trashes submissions that leak was systemic in nature, and coupled with structural deficiencies, left the court with the only option of ordering re-test. * sc says the fact that leak of neet-ug 2024 question paper took place in hazaribagh and patna is not in dispute. * sc says if cbi probe reveals an increased number of beneficiaries, suitable action can be taken against such students. * sc says no student, who is revealed to have been in this fraud or a is a beneficiary, would be entitled to claim any vested right in continuation of admission. * sc accepts report of iit delhi experts on a controversial physics question, asks nta to revise merit list accordingly. * sc allows candidates, who have personal grievances, to move the respective hcs after withdrawing their pleas from apex court.