NEET UG 2024 Result Controversy Kerala firm Xylem filed a petition in the SC on NEET UG exam the matter came for hearing and the Supreme Court has questioned a Kerala firm, which coaches students for competitive examinations such as NEET through its app, for claiming violation of fundamental rights in its plea alleging discrepancies in the test for admission to medical colleges.
This year’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the result of which was declared on June 4, has led to protests with aspirants alleging large-scale irregularities, including paper leak. Several petitions have been filed demanding the test be scrapped, with questions raised over the role of the National Testing Agency that
The SC asked Xylem institute which imparts the coaching for NEET and other competitive exam, ’this is an Article 32 petition by an instance of a coaching centre. What fundamental right of yours is violated? You provide them coaching and your duty is discharged that is all,” a vacation bench of justices Manoj Mishra and SVN Bhatti asked Xylem Learning on June 27.
This should be known that writ petition is filed under Article 32 only when the fundamental right of an individual is violated by governmental actions.
R Basant Senior Advocate for Xylem who appeared,said that said some students didn’t get optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets on which answers are marked. The NTA denied the claim and said it provided OMR sheets to all. The court asked NTA to find out if there was a timeline to raise a grievance regarding the OMR sheets.
Alakh Pandey, the CEO of the online coaching platform Physicswallah, had filed a plea but it was disposed of as the issue raised was addressed by the government.