<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today called upon the authorities including National Testing Agency to grant relief to a disabled student who was denied one extra hour to write the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) as mandated under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.<br />'' <br />''The Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Vikram Nath held, the exam body was bound to follow the rules which allow for relaxation for persons with disability. Lack of remedy will cause irreparable injury. Authority cannot be allowed to get away.<br />'' <br />''To this end, the National Testing Agency (NTA) was directed to see what remedy can be be made available to remedy the injustice meted out to the petitioner, who suffered from Dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that impairs writing.<br />'' <br />''The Apex Court, however, refused to allow the student to re-write the exam. The Bench said that second respondent was unaware of facilities for the petitioner. The court thus gave the exam authority two weeks to communicate a decision on relief to the petitioner.<br />'' <br />'' </span>
News On AIR | November 23, 2021 12:36 PM
SC calls upon authorities to grant relief to disabled student who was denied one extra hour to write NEET