The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the National Testing Agency's answer was correct on a particular question in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG exam.
The court's observation came after a panel of experts formed by IIT Delhi presented its report today.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was hearing a batch of petitions including those seeking a re-test of NEET-UG on grounds of question paper-leak and other malpractices.
During the hearing, the petitioners, who bagged 711 marks, challenged a question in the exam which had ambiguous options.
According to the petitioner, option 4 of the said question was the right answer as per the updated NCERT edition. However, students who opted for option 2 were also given grace marks as it was correct as per the previous editions of the NCERT.
A panel of experts examined the question, and thereafter, submitted a report to the Supreme Court.
"The committee has opined clearly that there was only one option, which is option 4. So the NTA was correct in its answer key which was option 4," Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.
On Monday, the Supreme Court had asked IIT Delhi to form a panel of experts to give their opinion on the right answer to a particular question in the NEET-UG exam.
The court has asked the panel to submit their report by Tuesday noon.
