SC stays Madras HC order awarding 196 marks to NEET students opting Tamil language

The Supreme Court today stayed an order of the Madras High Court awarding 196 grace marks to those NEET students who had opted to write the test in Tamil language on account of error in translation.

The top court said it appears that after the judgment of the Madurai bench of the high court, the students who had opted for the Tamil language are in an advantageous position over others.

A bench of justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao stayed the order and issued notice on a plea of the CBSE challenging the high court direction.

The bench posted the matter for hearing after two weeks and asked the parties to come out with a solution to deal with the situation, saying, "We cannot dole out marks in this fashion."
To this, the bench said, "If 196 marks are given as per the high court order then what would happen to the meritorious students. It will be affecting other students. Moreover, it is an all India examination and students from all over the country had undertaken it."