Students who don't appear for NEET-UG 2024 re-exam will have original scores without grace marks, NTA to SC

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday told Supreme Court that it proposes to cancel the scorecards and will conduct re-exam of 1,563 students who were awarded grace marks. The top court is hearing pleas seeking for a fresh NEET-UG exam amid allegations of paper leak after several students shared the first rank when the results were declared on June 4. Among the three petitions, one has also been filed by chief executive of EdTech firm ‘Physics Wallah’, pertaining to the controversy-ridden NEET-UG, 2024 for admission to MBBS, BDS and others courses

The Supreme Court has taken into record the statement of NTA that a re-test of 1,563 students will be notified today itself and it would likely be



held on June 23 and results would be declared prior to June 30 so that counselling which is set to begin in July is not affected.

The top court reiterated that the counselling will go on and they will not stop it. "If the exam goes then everything goes in totality so nothing to fear," it said.

NTA told the court that a decision has been taken after their meeting June 12. The committee is of view to subject the 1,563 candidates to a retest of NEET exam.

All scorecards issues to 1,563 candidates will be cancelled. The re-exam will be conducted. The ones who do not appear for this retest it will appear without compensatory marks, NTA told the Supreme Court.