NEET paper leak case: SC seeks National Testing Agency’s reply, says no lesson learnt from past
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice asking the National Testing Agency to respond to a batch of petitions on the alleged paper leak in the 2026 undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for medical college seats, adding that no lessons seemed to have been learnt from the past, Bar and Bench reported.
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The agency, which conducts the exam for admission to undergraduate medical courses in India, on May 12 cancelled the test following allegations of a paper leak. More than 22 lakh candidates had appeared for the test that was conducted on May 3.
Similar allegations of paper leaks and irregular grace marks had emerged during the 2024 undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
“It is sad that they have not learnt their lesson,” Bar and Bench quoted a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe as saying. “We passed an order [after the alleged paper leak in 2024]. A committee was formed. It made recommendations, it was accepted…”
Petitions filed in court
In the court, several petitions were filed after the National Testing Agency cancelled the test.
One of the petitions was filed by the Federation of All India Medical Association. It has sought directions to “replace or fundamentally restructure” the National Testing Agency with a “more robust, technologically advanced and autonomous” body.
The Federation of All India Medical Association...