We sympathise, but no: says SC after declining NEET re-exam

New Delhi : Nov 12, 2012: The Supreme Court rescinded a Bombay High Court directive directing the National Testing Agency to hold reexamination for two National Eligibility cum Entrance Test candidates.New Delhi, November 12, : A Bombay High Court Order directing that the National Testing Agency conduct re-examinations for two National Eligibility cum Entrance Test candidate (NEET), was thrown out by the Supreme Court.

The court stated, "We sympathise but cannot order reexamination.

" It was claimed that the students test booklets and OMR sheets had gotten mixed up due to the carelessness of invigilators.According to some, the OMR sheets and test booklets of students were mixed up by invigilators.

The invigilators carelessness led to OMR sheets being mixed up and students getting confused with their test books.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for NTA, submitted that answers of the students will be matched with the correct question booklets and added that if the direction to conduct NEET UG re-exam is provided, it will become a pattern.

Tushar Mehta appeared for NTA and stated that the answers will match with correct question books.He also said that if instructions are given to NEET UG reexam, this will become a standard.

Tushar Mehta the Solicitor General, stated in support of NTA that students answers will be matched to the correct question literatures.She also added that if the directions for conducting NEET UG reexam are provided, that will make it a regular procedure.

The Centre told the top court that every year students will come forward and seek a re-exam for one mistake or the other.According to the Centre, the Centre informed the Supreme Court that each year students would come forward seeking a reexam for a mistake.

The Centre stated to the court that students every year will seek a second examination for any mistake.The counsel appearing for students contended that they lost precious time during the exam due to the mix up and could not answer all questions.

Students counsel claimed that students lost valuable time on the exam because of the mix-up and couldnt answer all questions.Counsel representing students claimed they were unable to answer all questions and lost time due to the mixup.However, a bench of justices L.Nageswara Rao and B.R.A bench consisting of Justices L.Nageswara Rao (and B.R.But, the bench comprising justices L.Nageswara Rao & B.R.Gavai said the court sympathises with the students and completely understands their plight, but cannot order re-examination for them.Gavai stated that the court empathises and fully understands the students plight but could not order reexamination.

Gavai indicated that while the court understands the pain of the students, it cannot order them to reexamine.The Centre had moved the top court against the high court.Centre had moved against the highest court.

Centre had taken the top court to the head against the high court.In the previous hearing, the apex court had stayed the Bombay High Court order, which held up declaration of results.

The Bombay High Courts order was stayed by the Supreme Court in the preceding hearing.This prevented the declaration of the results.

The Bombay High Court order had been stayed in the hearing before.It was this that prevented declaration of results.

The high court had directed the NTA to conduct re-exam for two candidates by conducting a separate NEET examination before declaration of results.High court directed NTA to conduct the reexamination of two candidates, by conducting separate NEET exams before declaring results.

A high court order had been given to the NTA by which it was required to conduct a re-examination for two candidates and also hold a separate NEET exam before releasing results.The top court said: "Though we sympathise with the cause of the two students.According to the top court, "Though our sympathies with the case of the students.

The court of appeal stated: "Though, we sympathise the cause for the two students.We find it difficult to order the re-examination of the two students.

It is difficult for us to order the reexamination of these students.The order for re-examination by the students is not easy.

Thus, we set aside the direction of the high court to conduct a fresh exam."We therefore rescinded the order of the high court and conducted a new exam.

Therefore, the High Court directed us to hold a fresh examination.The students had claimed that their test booklets and OMR sheets got mixed up during the NEET exam.

Students claimed their OMR sheets and test booklets were mixed up in the NEET exam.According to the students, their OMR sheets as well as test books were misaligned during the NEET examination.

The top court noted, "We feel sorry for the students.but cannot hold a re-examination.

"According to the top court, it was noted that "We are sorry for students.but cannot hold a review.

"It was stated that the court of supreme jurisdiction felt sorry for the students, but could not hold an examination again.On October 28, the Supreme Court stayed the Bombay High Court order on NEET re-exam for two candidates, paving the way for declaration of results of over 16 lakh students who took the exam.

The Supreme Court overturned the Bombay High Courts order on NEET Re-exam for Two Candidates, which was issued October 28.This opened the door to the declaration of the results for more than 16 million students who had taken the test.Oct.28: The Supreme Court stopped the Bombay High Court Order on NEET reexam for 2 candidates.It also opened up the possibility of declaring the results of more 16 lakh students who took NEET.

The NTA had moved the top court stating the result was being delayed due to the high court order.NTA filed a motion to the highest court, claiming that the outcome was delayed by the order of the high court.

NTA had filed an appeal to the Supreme Court stating that delay was due to high court orders.The top court had said "we cannot hold up the results of 16 lakh students.

"According to the top court, "we cant hold back 16 lakh students .""Top court stated that "we cannot keep up the results from 16 lakh students ." The bench told the petitioners counsel "stay and notice.we will decide what happens to the two students upon re-opening (after Diwali vacation).

"According to the bench, the counsel for the petitioner was told by the court "Stay and Notice.We will Decide What Happens To The Two Students Upon Re-Opening (after Diwali Vacation ).").The court told petitioners counsel to "stay and note.we will decide what happens (after Diwali vacation ) The bench noted that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Central government, has said that whatever confusion is there, it will be rectified.

It was noted by the bench that Tushar Mehta (Solicitor General) representing the Central government said that any confusion will be remediated.According to the court, Solicitor General Tushar Mahta representing the Central government stated that there will be no confusion.

"You are talking about your clients but not considering the lakhs of students who are waiting for the results", the bench told the petitioners counsel.The bench instructed the counsel of the petitioner that they were talking about their clients, but did not mention the thousands of students who waited for results.

According to the court, the petitioners counsel was told by the bench that while you are referring to your clients, the judge did not consider the millions of students who were waiting for their results #sympathise #NEET #Delhi.