Delhi HC notice to Centre on plea over Indian Institute of Architects elections ANI | Updated: Dec 22, 2020 19:44 IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Centre and others on a petition relating to the elections in the Indian Institute of Architects.
A single-judge bench of Justice Jayant Nath asked respondents Centre, IIA and others to file a reply and listed the matter for January 29, 2021. Any election held would be subject to further orders of this court, the bench said.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Rajiv Biala, who is a member of the Indian Institute of Architects. Senior advocate Darpan Wadwa and advocate Abhishek Prasad appeared for the petitioner in the matter.
On Monday, Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan and advocates Tanvi Dubey and Avishkar Singhvi, appearing for the candidates, told the court that the inspection revealed that some OMR sheets were blank and in one case a torn end of the sheet was stuck together with tape.
They claimed there were other discrepancies in the OMR sheets they had examined and suggested setting up a high-powered committee to look into the matter.
The suggestion was opposed by the counsel for NTA who said that allowing it would lend credence to the allegations of the petitioners.
He said that out of nearly 16 lakh students who registered for NEET only 16 candidates 14 by way of instant petition and two others earlier have approached the court.
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New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court Monday sought National Testing Agency s (NTA) reply on a plea claiming major discrepancies in the OMR sheets uploaded with regard to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG 2020) conducted in September.
Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the NTA seeking its stand on the plea by 14 candidates who have also challenged the procedure laid down by the testing agency for challenging the answer key and the OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets.
The court had on December 11 allowed the petitioners to examine their OMR sheets and take their photographs. On Monday, Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan and advocates Tanvi Dubey and Avishkar Singhvi, appearing for the candidates, told the court that the inspection revealed that some OMR sheets were blank and in one case a torn end of the sheet was stuck together with tape. They claimed there were other discrepancies in the OMR sheets they had examined and suggested setting up a high powered co
Discrepancies in NEET OMR sheets: HC seeks response
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Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 15:24 [IST]
New Delhi. Dec 22: The NTA s counsel claimed that students who have not done well in the NEET are now coming to court claiming the OMR sheets were tampered with.
The Delhi High Court Monday sought National Testing Agency s (NTA) reply on a plea claiming major discrepancies in the OMR sheets uploaded with regard to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) 2020 conducted in September.
Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the NTA seeking its stand on the plea by 14 candidates who have also challenged the procedure laid down by the testing agency for challenging the answer key and the OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets.