Over 50 successful Gujarat-based
NEET-UG candidates
, including several who have been ranked first, have moved the
Supreme Court
seeking a direction to restrain the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) from cancelling the controversy-ridden exam. They have sought a direction from the top court to the Union education ministry to probe, identify and take strict action against students and others who indulged in unfair practices like
paper leak
and impersonation in the NEET-UG exam conducted on May 5 this year.
Fresh plea by 56 students was filed days before a SC bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud is scheduled to hear 26 petitions seeking reliefs like re-test & probe into the conduct of the exam plagued by allegations of
malpractices
. Allegations of irregularities, including paper leaks, have led to protests in several cities and sparring between rival political parties.
The pleas seeking cancellation of the exam, re-test and high-level probe are listed for hearing on July 8 in the SC.
