'Not Sure NEET-UG Paper Leaked, Solved In Just 45 Mins': CJI Grills NTA, Centre Over Time Of Leak

The Supreme Court on Thursday grilled the National Testing Agency (NTA) and Centre over the tentative date and time of paper leak or breach.

I am not sure that within 45 min paper can be breached and solved, said the CJI Chandrachud. 

Source : PTI

The Supreme Court on Thursday grilled the National Testing Agency (NTA) and Centre over the tentative date of paper leak or breach. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud remarked that Centre's hypothesis that Centre's hypothesis that the NEET paper leaked just 45 minutes before the exam seems to far fetched. The CJI said that petitioners argument that the leak happened on May 3 seems more logical as someone will need to have access to the paper before hand to solve the papers and then make the students memoise the same.

"If they say that students were made to memorise on morning of May 5, then it means someone solved the paper on the night. And, if they say that the paper did not leak from banks then it appears to be more logical that paper leaked on May 3, before they reached bank." the CJI remarked while hearing the arguments.

SG Tushar Mehta appearing for Centre said there is no leak but only breach. He said that this was a localised breach where untainted students can be seperated from tainted ones.

CJI Chandrachud said that how can you say that problem solvers solved 180 questions and made students memorise the same in just 45 minutes. "Your arguments that they were made to do so within just 45 hours and students made to memorise it seems to be very far-fetched." 

SG Mehta said that both Patna and Hazaribagh breach is linked to each other. The SG Mehta appearing for Centre said that he can't disclose everything, but at Hazaribagh 7 problem solvers were appointed who took 25 questions each. He said that at Hazaribagh, the time of paper breach is 8:02 AM to 9:23 AM in the morning. The papers left the bank at 7:30 AM, they bring it to Centre at 7:45 am." 

I am not sure that within 45 min paper can be breached and solved, said the CJI Chandrachud. 

Senior Advocate Hooda said that the leak in Patna happened on May 4. He further said that Patna polic's EOU report has not been placed before the court.