The Supreme Court docket on Monday refused to intrude with the Middle’s choice to cancel the College Grants Fee Nationwide Eligibility Take a look at (UGC-NET) 2024 as a consequence of alleged doc leaks, saying it might enhance “uncertainty” and “utter chaos”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra famous that the examination can be re-conducted on August 21.
“The exams had been held on June 18 and canceled on June 19. The exams are actually scheduled to be held on August 21, with a plea difficult the cancellation. Now, two months have handed. Accepting the plea at this stage will solely add to the Certainty and utter chaos,” the bench mentioned.
The bench additional mentioned that 900,000 candidates will seem within the examination on August 21 and the cancellation of the examination at such a late stage can’t be questioned.
The Supreme Court docket mentioned college students showing for the examination will need to have some type of “certainty”.
It added that the central authorities should be “double cautious after the NEET-UG fiasco” and therefore the cancellation was justified. “Let the method proceed now,” it mentioned.
The Supreme Court docket is listening to a plea filed by a gaggle of candidates difficult the authorities’ choice to cancel the UGC-NET examination held on June 18 and conduct a re-examination on August 21.
On June 19, the Middle canceled the College Grants Fee Nationwide Eligibility Take a look at (UGC-NET) as a consequence of alleged query paper leaks and referred the matter to the CBI for investigation.
Earlier, the Supreme Court docket dismissed a PIL filed by a lawyer in search of a direct keep on the re-examination of the UGC-NET examination till the CBI completes its investigation into the allegations of query paper leaks.
The UGC-NET examination determines a candidate’s eligibility for analysis alternatives, together with Junior Analysis Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Analysis Fellowship (SRF).
