Lesson not learnt: SC notice to Centre, NTA

“It is so sad they have not learnt the lesson,” remarked a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe while hearing two petitions filed by the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) and United Doctors Front (UDF).

The petitions favoured replacing NTA with a statutory body that is accountable. They argue that the leak, which led to the cancellation of the test and its rescheduling for next month, exposed gaps in the process followed by NTA in securing the integrity of the examination taken by more than 2.27 million medical aspirants.

“We are not on the examination as such. In 2024, we gave a judgment, directed constitution of a committee, the recommendations of the committee were accepted and pursuant to it, the Centre constituted a monitoring committee,” the bench told advocates Tanvi Dubey and Charu Mathur, appearing for FAIMA and UDF.