NEET 2022: Petition in Kerala HC seeking another attempt

After the controversy over the female NEET 2022 candidates being asked to remove innerwear at a Kerala examination centre, now a plea in Kerala HC seeking another attempt of examination due to mental trauma.

A plea has been filed in the Kerala high court for providing an extra attempt at the NEET 2022 entrance examination due to the mental trauma that hundreds of female students faced just before entering the examination centre. The case hearing is scheduled for tomorrow, July 29.

As per reports, around 100 female students have claimed to have asked to remove their bras before entering the examination hall. The petition stated that this caused mental trauma to the female students and as a relaxation, they should be provided with another attempt at the examination, as reported by News 18.

Details of the petition

The petitioner Asif Azad claimed that the stress just before the examination destroys a person's memory and urged to reconduct the NEET 2022 two weeks before the release of the result. The petitioner also sought a nationwide policy on dress code to avoid such humiliation.

NCPCR rights to NTA regarding the controversies

Apart from the above mentioned controversy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested as many as eight people related to the exam solvers gang, and six of them are the members of this gang which were trying to take the NEET 2022 on behalf of students, as confirmed by the CBI.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the National Testing Agency (NTA) about these controversies. 

NCPCR's letter reads, "Several complaints have been received from students all over the country stating that NTA has not conducted the exam of NEET UG 2022 properly due to multiple issues such as time constraints, inhumane frisking in several places, delay in the release of admit card etc. It has been further mentioned that the students who had opted for Hindi medium for paper got question paper in English medium. Further, the students have mentioned that due to floods students could not reach the centre as well."

The NCPCR has sent the complaints to NTA for their immediate necessary consideration on another attempt.

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