In an affidavit submitted to the Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 10), the central government stated that there was no "mass malpractice" in the 2024 NEET-UG examination.

In an affidavit submitted to the Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 10), the central government stated that there was no "mass malpractice" in the 2024 NEET-UG examination. The Centre claims that an analysis of the data carried out by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras shows no proof of widespread misconduct or any kind of unfair advantage for a certain set of candidates, which may lead to unusual scores. Counselling will begin in four rounds in the third week of July, the government said. It added that any applicant who is discovered to have benefitted from malpractice will have their candidacy terminated at any time during or after the counselling process. #BREAKING Centre files affidavit in the #SupremeCourt denying any "mass malpractice" in the NEET-UG 24 exam. Centre says the data anayltics done by experts at IIT Madras showed no abnormality in the exam.#NEETUG24 #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/y6fpXG52Ls — Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) July 10, 2024 × "The marks distribution follows the bell-shaped curve that is witnessed in any large-scale examination indicating no abnormality," the IIT Madras report said. "City-wise and center-wise analysis was done for 2 years (2023 and 2024) to find out if there are any abnormal indications. The Analysis is carried out for the Top 1.4 lakh ranks given that the total number of seats across the country is around 1.1 lakhs," it added. "The analysis shows that there is neither any indication of mass malpractice nor a localised set of candidates being benefitted leading to abnormal scores," the report said. Also read: Pune trainee IAS, who used siren on private car, claimed visual, mental disability; later dodged medical exams "There is an overall increase in the marks obtained by students, specifically in the range of 550 to 720. This increase is seen across the cities and centres. This is attributed to a 25% reduction in syllabus. In addition, candidates obtaining such high marks are spread across multiple cities and multiple centres, indicating very less likelihood of malpractice," it further added. On Monday (Jul 8), the Supreme Court reviewed multiple petitions concerning the contentious NEET-UG 2024 medical entrance exam. The petitions included allegations of paper leakage and other malpractices during the May 5 test, with calls for the exam to be conducted anew. The apex court had requested reports from the NTA and the Centre detailing the steps taken as well as any potential ideas on using data analytics in the cyber forensics unit or any other government-employed unit to find suspect cases. (With inputs from agencies)

India: No 'mass malpractice' in 2024 NEET-UG exam, government tells Supreme Court

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday (Jul&nbsp;11), postponed the hearing on several petitions regarding the alleged NEET UG medical entrance exam paper leak to July 18.

The bench was addressing petitions that claimed irregularities and malpractices during the May 5 test and requested a re-test of the exam.

The CJI-led bench noted that some of the parties have not received the affidavit filed by the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) and they need to thoroughly consider the responses before proceeding with arguments.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/no-mass-malpractice-in-2024-neet-ug-exam-says-centre-files-affidavit-in-sc-739719">India: No 'mass malpractice' in 2024 NEET-UG exam, government tells Supreme Court</a>

<h2>Why was hearing postponed?</h2>

The Court granted the adjournment to allow the petitioners to file their responses to the affidavits filed by the Centre and the National Testing Agency on Wednesday (Jul&nbsp;10), legal news website LiveLaw said in a report. &nbsp;

<h2>What happened in last hearing?</h2>

In the previous hearing on July 8, the Supreme Court had said that the reliability of NEET-UG 2024 had been compromised. The top court instructed the NTA, the agency that conducts the exam, and the Union government to submit complete affidavits, and requested a status update from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by July 10 regarding the NEET examination.

<h2>What did government say in its affidavit?</h2>

The Union government said that the Ministry of Education had asked IIT Madras to conduct all-inclusive data analytics of the results of NEET-UG 2024 candidates, in compliance with the Supreme Court's directives.&nbsp;

The Centre informed the Supreme Court that there was no evidence of widespread cheating or any specific groups of candidates were unfairly benefiting from abnormal scores in NEET-UG 2024.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/reexam-last-resort-cant-dispute-paper-leak-sc-hounds-exam-body-in-neet-paper-leak-row-738978">NEET paper leak row: ‘Re-exam last resort, can’t dispute paper leak,’ Indian SC hounds NTA</a>

It may be mentioned here, NEET-UG 2024 was attended by 23.33 lakh students on May 5 across 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 cities overseas.&nbsp;

The exam was conducted by NTA.

NEET-UG is the entrance test for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other medical related courses in government and private institutions across nation.

(With inputs from agencies)

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday (Jul 11), postponed the hearing on several petitions regarding the alleged NEET UG medical entrance exam paper leak to July 18.

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday (Jul 11), postponed the hearing on several petitions regarding the alleged NEET UG medical entrance exam paper leak to July 18. The bench was addressing petitions that claimed irregularities and malpractices during the May 5 test and requested a re-test of the exam. The CJI-led bench noted that some of the parties have not received the affidavit filed by the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) and they need to thoroughly consider the responses before proceeding with arguments. Also read: India: No 'mass malpractice' in 2024 NEET-UG exam, government tells Supreme Court Why was hearing postponed? The Court granted the adjournment to allow the petitioners to file their responses to the affidavits filed by the Centre and the National Testing Agency on Wednesday (Jul 10), legal news website LiveLaw said in a report. What happened in last hearing? In the previous hearing on July 8, the Supreme Court had said that the reliability of NEET-UG 2024 had been compromised. The top court instructed the NTA, the agency that conducts the exam, and the Union government to submit complete affidavits, and requested a status update from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by July 10 regarding the NEET examination. What did government say in its affidavit? The Union government said that the Ministry of Education had asked IIT Madras to conduct all-inclusive data analytics of the results of NEET-UG 2024 candidates, in compliance with the Supreme Court's directives. The Centre informed the Supreme Court that there was no evidence of widespread cheating or any specific groups of candidates were unfairly benefiting from abnormal scores in NEET-UG 2024. Also read: NEET paper leak row: ‘Re-exam last resort, can’t dispute paper leak,’ Indian SC hounds NTA It may be mentioned here, NEET-UG 2024 was attended by 23.33 lakh students on May 5 across 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 cities overseas. The exam was conducted by NTA. NEET-UG is the entrance test for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, and other medical related courses in government and private institutions across nation. (With inputs from agencies)

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India: No 'mass malpractice' in 2024 NEET-UG exam, government tells Supreme Court

NEET UG: Hearing in Supreme Court postponed to July 18