On Tuesday, there was a Supreme Court verdict on the Physics question within the NEET-UG 2024 case. The Court found that only one answer was correct for 'Question No. 29’ in the section of Physics, against the belief of a  student that two options were right. Over 4 Lakh students will face a deduction of four marks. 

According to the NDTV report,the candidates affected by the Supreme Court decision are those 44 students who scored a 720 out of 720 in the NEET-UG 2024 examination. The court’s decision is based on the feedback of a three experts panel from IIT Delhi. The panel testified that there was only one correct answer to the contentious Physics question, contrary to claims of multiple valid answers.

Court Directs IIT-Delhi to Resolve Physics Question Dispute

A bench led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice J.B. Pardiwala instructed the Director of IIT-Delhi to assemble a team of three experts. They were tasked with examining the disputed Physics question and providing a report on the correct answer by Tuesday noon.

“We have received the IIT Delhi report. The IIT Director Rangan Banerjee constituted a committee from the Department of Physics and they say a team of three experts examined the question. They say that the option four is the correct answer,” said the Chief Justice of India D.Y Chandrachud while referring to the report.

NEET-UG 2024 Case
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On May 5, over 23.33 lakh students sat for the NEET-UG exam, which was administered across 4,750 centers in 571 cities, including 14 international locations. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate(NEET-UG) conducted by the NTA is used as a requirement for admission to the MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other medical and allied courses in all government and private colleges across the country.

Earlier on Tuesday, the bench dismissed the request for a re-examination of the NEET-UG 2024 exam stating that they found no merit in the application as there was not enough grounds to warrant such action. The court turned down calls for nullification and retake, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to link the exam irregularities including mass examination question leaks.

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