New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has refused to cancel the UGC-NET exams 2024 to be held on August 21.
A three-judge bench led by the chief justice of India DY Chandrachud said, “9 lakh students, all preparing for exams on 21, SC putting its foot and intervening is a very serious matter. Fresh exam is to be held in few days, entertaining the petition at present stage will add uncertainty and chaos.. we are not inclined to consider for cancellation of exam at this late stage.”
The SC order comes on a petition by one student who challenged the decision of the government to cancel the UGC-NET exam (held on June 18, 2024) just a day after it was conducted, saying that cancellation of exams adversely affects the students who took the examination fairly.
The counsel for the student tried to persuade the court saying that CBI which is investigating the Exam leaks has said that the basis for cancellation of exam was doctored, but the court refused to examine the argument.
UGC-NET, is a test to determine the eligibility of students for the post of ‘Assistant Professor’ as well as ‘Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ in Universities and Colleges.
The UGC – NET exams were conducted on June 18, 2024 but were cancelled after allegations of paper leak surfaced.
The ministry of education had cancelled the UGC-NET 2024 exams saying “On 19th June, 2024, the University Grants Commission (UGC) received certain inputs from National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs on the Examination. These inputs prima-facie indicate that the integrity of the aforesaid examination may have been compromised. To ensure the highest level of transparency and sanctity of the examination process, the Ministry of Education, Government of India has decided that the UGC-NET June 2024 Examination be cancelled.”
Thereafter a new date of August 21 was announced by the government for the fresh conduct of UGC-NET exams.