NEET paper leak was ‘very traumatic’, accountability is essential: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday stressed on accountability for the lapses in the NEET paper leak issue and said it was “actually very traumatic” not only for the students but for their families as well if something like this happened. “We should not disappoint our youngsters,” a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said while hearing pleas on the matter, including one seeking a direction to replace or restructure the National Testing Agency (NTA) with a robust and autonomous body. The bench asked the Centre to file an affidavit in the matter and posted the matter for hearing in the second week of July. On May 12, the NTA cancelled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET, held on May 3 for medical admissions amid allegations of paper leak, leading to nationwide protests. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21. ‘PM personally supervising’ Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the government is seriously concerned about the concerns of the youths and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally supervising the situation …









