The Supreme Court on Thursday declined an urgent hearing on a petition for a fresh holding of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination this year.
A Vacation Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha refused an immediate hearing for a repeat of NEET as exam papers were leaked in States like Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
The Bench said that there was no urgency to hear the plea as the Madras High Court had already granted an interim stay on the publication of the results.
English, Tamil papers
The Madras High Court had granted interim stay on the publication of the NEET results based on allegations that the question papers were not uniform.
The petitioners had contended that there was difference between the English and Tamil papers.
Response sought
The High Court had also directed the Medical Council of India, the Director of Central Board of Secondary Education and the Union Health Ministry to respond on the allegations by June 7.
Over 11 lakh MBBS and BDS aspirants had appeared for NEET at more than 1,900 centres across the country.
