The Supreme Court asked petitioners to respond to the Centre's affidavit stating that shifting NEET-UG from pen-and-paper to a computer-based exam is under active consideration. The Centre cited ongoing reforms, recommendations from the Nandan Nilekani-led task force, and stronger anti-paper leak laws. The matter will be heard on August 19.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked petitioners, including a doctors' association, to file their replies to the Centre's affidavit, which said that the migration of the NEET (UG) examination from the pen-and-paper mode to a computer-based mode on the pattern of JEE (Mains and Advanced), is under active consideration.
A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said that the court will take up the matter on August 19 and the petitioners can file their replies to the counter-affidavit filed by the Centre.
Advocate Tanvi Dubey, appearing for the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), informed the bench that in case there is any plan for transition to a computer-based model, then the same should be done at the earliest since the students' preparation right now was driven by the pen-and-paper mode.
The bench said that it would consider everything and asked the parties to file their replies and suggestions.
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