'Documents Forged': Allahabad HC Dismisses NEET Aspirant's 'Torn OMR Sheet' Plea, NTA Mulls Action Against Her

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday DISMISSED (being not pressed) a writ petition moved by a NEET aspirant (Ayushi Patel) after it was revealed that she submitted forged documents in her petition alleging the NTA failed to declare her result. In her plea, the candidate also claimed that her OMR answer sheet was torn. A bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan dismissed the petitioner's petition, deeming it a “really sorry state of affairs” that she filed the petition enclosing the forged and fictitious documents. Importantly, when the National Testing Agency (NTA) submitted before the Court that it was mulling legal action in the case, the single judge remarked that it could not restrain the competent authority/authorities from taking any legal action against the petitioner in accordance with the law. Essentially, Patel originally claimed that she had received a communication from the NTA in which she was told that her result wouldn't be declared as her OMR sheet was found torn. In this regard, she made several claims against the NTA in a video shared on social media. Filing the instant writ plea before the HC, Patel demanded a manual evaluation of her OMR sheet and an inquiry against the NTA and requested the Court to stop the ongoing admission counselling procedure of counselling during the pendency of the present writ petition. Having heard her case on June 12, the Court directed the NTA to produce Patel's original documents to verify her claims. Interestingly, when all original documents of the petitioner in terms of the aforesaid order were produced before the Court, it was revealed that all the documents filed with the petition were forged and fictitious. Producing the original OMR sheet, NTA debunked the petitioner's claim, submitting that her OMR sheet was intact and had not been damaged, as she claimed. In response, the counsel for the petitioner submitted that he had nothing to say or plead in this case; therefore, he prayed that the petitioner may be permitted not to press the petition. In view of this submission, the Court dismissed the petition as nit being pressed while making the following remark: “Be that as it may, this is really sorry state of affairs that the petitioner filed a petition enclosing therewith the forged and fictitious documents, therefore, this Court can not restrain the competent authority / authorities to take any legal action against the petitioner strictly in accordance with law.” Case title - Ayushi Patel vs. Union Of India Thru. Secy., Ministry Education/ Deptt. Of Higher Education, New Delhi And Another 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 400Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 400Click Here To Read/Download Order

'Documents Forged': Allahabad HC Dismisses NEET Aspirant's 'Torn OMR Sheet' Plea, NTA Mulls Action Against Her

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