The Supreme Court on Monday said there was “no urgency” to issue a notice against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the pending NEET-UG 2024 (NEET-UG 2024) malpractice case.
A vacation bench headed by Justice A.S. Oka refused to entertain advocate Mathews Nedumpara’s verbal request to issue notices to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.
Mathews Nedumparai, appearing for the students led by petitioners Shivangi Mishra, urged the Supreme Court to issue notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate over alleged irregularities in the Undergraduate National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 examination.
The petitioners said that the investigation should also proceed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 and Information Technology Act 2000.
“The enforcement department is responsible for detecting, investigating and punishing crime. The NEET exam, which has now been exposed beyond doubt as a scam, has been malpracticed at 3 locations in the country…Until the Enforcement Directorate takes cognizance of the matter or the Supreme Court directs the Enforcement Directorate to take action, the accused will not be brought under the strict provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act,” the petition said. mentioned.
But Justice Oga said there was “no urgency” to issue a notice against the CBI and the enforcement department.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court after the central government announced on Saturday that it will transfer the NEET case to the CBI. The petition also demanded that an interim report on the Bihar arrests be speedily investigated and submitted before the counseling begins on July 6.
The petitioners have also demanded that the entire examination should be cancelled.
“Now that the Bihar Police has discovered the question paper leak, the authorities have no option but to cancel the entire examination and conduct a re-examination without irregularities. The mafia, which is in the business of buying question paper and selling it to medical students for lakhs, can get away with impunity in collusion with those in charge of conducting it for some time as an extremely lucrative venture. The irregularities have now been fully exposed,” the petition said.
“The convicts have even given affidavits detailing to whom they sold the papers, at what price and how the money was transferred,” the plea said.
The Supreme Court has scheduled a detailed hearing on the case on July 8.
