The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre and the police on a plea seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the alleged illegalities in the National Eligibility Entrance Test held in 2016 for admitting students in post-graduate medical courses. <br/><br/>A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the National Board of Examination (NBE), the Medical Council of India, M/s Prometrics Private Ltd and the CBI on a plea which sought to hand over the case to the probe agency.<br/><br/>M/s Prometrics Private Ltd had sub-contracted with CMS IT Services Private Ltd to hire engineers, site supervisors and other staff to prepare exam labs for conducting NEET PG examination at 43 centres across the country.<br/><br/>The petitioners have submitted that the crime branch of Delhi Police was not competent to handle the investigation of this nature which required technical expertise. <br/><br/>The plea sought transfer of investigation from the crime branch to Special Investigative Team (SIT) comprising members having expertise in Computer Science and/or an investigation by the CBI or any other competent central agency.
News On AIR | August 21, 2017 4:47 PM
Delhi HC seeks govt, police reply on probe plea in NEET illegalities