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Supreme Court Sends Six NEET OMR Dispute Cases to Delhi High Court
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by six NEET candidates who sought their original OMR answer sheets to check whether their recorded responses matched the marks awarded. The candidates claimed that the…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by six NEET candidates who sought their original OMR answer sheets to check whether their recorded responses matched the marks awarded. The candidates claimed that the answers they marked differed from those shown in OMR sheets uploaded by the National Testing Agency.
A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said the petition concerned individual grievances and directed the students to approach the Delhi High Court. The Bench said it was examining broader issues related to the institutionalisation of the NTA and strengthening its mechanisms, not individual disputes. The students’ counsel said counselling was already under way and sought access to the originals for verification.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the Supreme Court has ruled on the correctness of the students’ marks would be wrong. It has decided only the forum for their individual complaints. Equally, dismissing every OMR dispute as a routine student grievance would ignore the candidates’ specific request to inspect original records. The Delhi High Court proceedings should establish whether the sheets exist, whether access is legally allowed, and whether any mismatch changes the six students’ scores or counselling prospects.
Sources (2): barandbench.com, news.abplive.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
