NEET-PG 2024 Hearing In Supreme Court LIVE Updates: Will NEET-PG Exam Be Postponed? Hearing Shortly

The NEET-PG matter is listed as item number 44th. Currently, the bench is hearing item number 30. NEET hearing is expected to begin shortly. 

Supreme Court will shortly begin the hearing of plea seeking NEET-PG postponement. The matter was listed for 10.30 am session.

Calling the paper leak allegations baseless, the government issued a statement on Wednesday. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has registered a police complaint against those attempting to deceive aspirants by selling fake question papers.

Social media platforms are rife with allegations of a NEET PG 2024 question paper leak. Screenshots circulating online suggest that certain Telegram groups are openly advertising the sale of question papers for as much as Rs 70,000. These claims have added to the anxiety of candidates and further complicated the situation as the exam date nears.

The petitioner has also called for greater transparency in the normalization process of the four different question paper sets. This demand aims to ensure fairness and eliminate any potential arbitrariness in the evaluation process.

"...more than two lakh students are scheduled to appear in the aforementioned examination. The examination is scheduled to be held in 185 test cities, resulting in the non-availability of train tickets as well as hiking of airfares due to dynamic pricing, thereby making it almost impossible for a large number of students to reach their test centres," the petition states.

As per the petition, candidates argued that exam cities were allotted on July 31, 2024, with specific exam centers to be announced just three days before the exam, on August 8, 2024. While this strategy was intended to prevent malpractices, it has inadvertently caused severe difficulties for many students. The petitioner highlights that the short notice period has left candidates scrambling to arrange travel to their allocated cities, compounded by the scarcity of train tickets and skyrocketing airfares due to dynamic pricing. 

Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will accompany the CJI in the hearing today.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud will hear the plea seeking postponement of NEET-PG today.