The Supreme Court of India has sought expert opinion from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi regarding a contentious question in the NEET-UG 2024 examination. The issue arose when the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded marks for two options on a multiple-choice question, leading to confusion and disputes among the students.

The Supreme Court has taken significant steps in the NEET-UG question paper leak case, seeking crucial reports from Bihar Police and ordering the National Testing Agency (NTA) to publish centre-wise results on its website.

The Supreme Court has recently issued a notice regarding new petitions from the National Testing Agency, or NTA, concerning the NEET-UG exam. These petitions aim to transfer ongoing cases from the Rajasthan High Court related to allegations of a paper leak to the Supreme Court.

The Rouse Avenue court on Friday granted bail to Gangadhar Gunde, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with an NEET-UG paper leak case. The defence counsel argued that Gunde was wrongly arrested due to mistaken identity.

Members of NSUI, the student wing of the Congress party, staged a protest at the National Testing Agency (NTA) headquarters, alleging irregularities in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams. They forcibly entered the NTA office in Okhla and locked its doors, prompting police intervention to manage the situation.

According to sources, after a lengthy interrogation of Oasis School Principal Ehsan Ul Haq, the CBI team took him with them.

The committee, headed by Koppillil Radhakrishnan, former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and current Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIT Kanpur, aims to reform the examination process and improve data security protocols within the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Authorities revealed that the suspect had purportedly shared a section of the exam paper on Telegram.

This new legislation, unveiled on Friday, follows a series of high-profile cheating scandals in national exams like the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and UGC-NET, which have sparked public outrage and criticism towards the National Testing Agency.

Amidst controversies surrounding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG), Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of CPI(M), has called for the scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting the exams. Yechury criticised the agency, alleging widespread irregularities that have adversely affected millions of aspiring students across India.

Reports reveal that the leaked exam papers were being sold for prices ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to halt the counselling process for the NEET-UG 2024 examination, though it has issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the exam. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti has tagged the new pleas with existing ones and scheduled a hearing for July 8.