IIT-Delhi to set up expert team for physics question

New Delhi, July 22

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Director of IIT-Delhi to set up a three-member expert committee to find out the correct answer to a controversial multiple choice question in the NEET-UG 2024 examination and submit a report on the correct answer by Tuesday noon.

The order came from a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud after some aspirants pointed out that a particular question related to “atom” and its characteristics had two correct answers and the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded four marks to examinees who gave one particular answer out of the two correct ones.

As the petitioners contended that it would have a significant impact on the final merit list, the CJI said to resolve the issue, an expert opinion should be sought from IIT-Delhi. “We request the Director of IIT Delhi to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concerned. The expert team constituted by the Director is requested to formulate the opinion on the correct option and remit the opinion to the Registrar by 12 noon tomorrow,” the top court said.

As the hearing on petitions seeking scrapping of NEET-UG 2024 examination for alleged paper leak and other malpractices remained inconclusive, the Bench will resume it on Tuesday.