Supreme Court junks petition seeking review of its NEET retest verdict-OxBig News Network

Holding that there was no error in its verdict, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking review of the August 2 verdict refusing to allow a fresh NEET-UG 2024 examination.

“There is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 has been established. The review petition is, therefore, dismissed,” a Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra said on October 22, dismissing a petition filed by lead petitioner Kajal Kumari seeking reconsideration of the verdict. The order was made available recently.

Around 24 lakh students appeared for controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024 on May 5 across 4,750 centres.

Ending weeks of uncertainty over admission to undergraduate medical courses across India, the Supreme Court had on July 23 refused to cancel NEET-UG 2024 Examination and order a re-test.