Kerala NEET Controversy: HC defers hearing on PIL seeking standard exam protocol across India
The plea has also sought free counselling for the affected students as well as compensation for the "trauma" and "mental agony" suffered by them.;
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday deferred the hearing to next week on a plea seeking a standard protocol for conducting examinations across the country in view of a recent incident, where, at a NEET exam centre in the state, female candidates were made to remove part of their undergarments in order to appear for the test.
A division Bench of the High Court deferred the hearing in the matter to the first week of August, reports Mathrubhumi.
Besides formulation of a standard protocol for exams across India, the public interest litigation also seeks a direction from the National Testing Agency (NTA) to permit the affected female candidates to re-appear for the exam as they might not have been able to focus on the test that day in view of the "traumatic" situation.
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