NEET 2023: Bombay HC relief to candidate who couldn't finish her paper due to broken wrist
Bombay High Court
Mumbai: An 18-year-old girl has been allowed to reappear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2023 by the Bombay High Court as she couldn't complete her exam paper for the first time due to a broken wrist. The exam is being held for the second time for student of the strife-torn Manipur
A vacation bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Neela Gokhale heard a plea filed by Dhanashree Jagatap seeking permission to reappear for the exam.
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According to Jagatap, she arrived at the NEET-UG examination centre on May 7 but fell on the ground due to rush in the queue, resulting in dislocation of her right wrist joint.
She was taken to a nearby hospital and was later brought back to the centre where she was allotted a writer, Jagatap said in the plea.
However, while the time period for the exam was three hours and 20 minutes, she started the exam late but was not given extra time to finish her paper, due to which she could not attempt the last part pertaining to Physics subject, Jagatap’s plea said.
Seeking a direction to the National Testing Agency to permit her to reappear, Jagatap, in her plea, said although the NEET-UG examination is conducted only once every year, this year due to sudden outbreak of violence in Manipur, NEET-UG 2023 examination is being held separately for students of that state.
The re-examination for students from Manipur is to be held in Bengaluru in Karnataka on June 6.
When the plea came up for hearing on Thursday, the Union government said it was willing to permit Jagatap to reappear for the exam on June 6 but on the condition that she shall not rely on the marks obtained by her in the May 7 examination.
Accepting this, the court said Jagatap shall be permitted to appear for NEET-UG 2023 examination along with the students from Manipur at a centre in Bengaluru, adding that concerned authorities shall take appropriate steps to facilitate her in appearing for the said examination.
“The petitioner shall file an undertaking within a week from today that she shall not rely upon the attempt she had given on 7th May 2023 for the NEET-UG 2023 examination,” the HC said.
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