The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the CBSE about the setting of different questions for students taking NEET in regional languages and said there must be a common question paper.
A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra said identical questions should be asked for students writing their NEET in English and other regional languages. The same questions can be translated from English to the regional languages concerned.
‘File affidavit’
Justice Misra asked Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, who was appearing for the CBSE, to file an affidavit in this regard and posted the matter for October 10.
Mr. Singh told the Bench, also comprising Justices Amitava Roy and A.M. Khanwilkar, that questions in vernacular languages in the NEET 2017 examination were not identical translations of the questions in English or Hindi but the difficulty level was the same.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the petitioner, argued that questions in vernacular languages were not identical to those in Hindi and English.
Admission process
The court had earlier refused to “nullify” the NEET 2017 exam saying it would affect over six lakh candidates who have passed the test to join medical and dental courses. It had said it would be “very difficult” to disturb the results of NEET as around 6.11 lakh candidates, out of a total of 11.35 lakh aspirants, have cleared it and the subsequent counselling and admission process was on.
Besides English and Hindi, the NEET exam was conducted in eight vernacular languages. The apex court had on June 12 stayed the Madras High Court order which had restrained the CBSE from publishing the results. The CBSE had declared the result on June 23.
Published - August 10, 2017 10:11 pm IST
