NEET-UG 2024 ‘paper leak’: 45 minutes to solve the entire paper? CJI Chandrachud rubbishes NTA’s ‘hypothesis’
The Supreme Court on Thursday deliberated on the exact date and time when the NEET-UG 2024 exam paper was “leaked”. Did it happen before May 3 or just 45 minutes before the exam on May 5? Or did the paper leak happen when the question papers were with the banks or centres or private players/printers?
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday said there were two scenarios of the paper leak and “the whole hypothesis of the entire paper being solved in 45 minutes and given to the students is very far-fetched.”
Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the NTA and the Centre, argued that there was “no leak” but a “violation” had occurred “at a particular centre, between 8.02 am and 9.23 am”. He said, “A person goes in, clicks a picture of the paper and comes out,” reported Live Law. To this, the CJI said, “Suppose that happens, then according to you the students got the papers at 10.15 a.m. [during the exam]. There are 180 questions. Is it possible that the problem solvers were present from 9.30 to 10.15 and that they gave the students their papers in 45 minutes?”
