Plea To Cancel NEET-UG 24 : Paper Leak Happened Before May 4th, Says CJI; Live Updates From Supreme Court [July 22]

CJI : The first statement indicates that the leak happened on the (May) 4th night.

CJI : If the leak has taken place on the night of the (May) 4th, then obviously the leak took place not at the process of transportation, and it took place prior, at the strong room vault.

CJI : Statements are at variance. One statement says the leak happened on the 4th night, second statement says it was received on WhatsApp on the 5th morning. Amit Anand's statements are at variance.

SG requests court to read the report of the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar police for a complete picture.

CJI : Amit Anand's statement says students were gathered to memorize the answers on the 4th night...

Hooda : Investigation is being botched up by the stand taken by the Govt of India.

SG : Don't take Govt of India, I am answerable to the students to the court..

CJI after reading the statements: This indicates that students were being asked to memorize on the night of 4th which means that the leak had happened prior to 4th.

Solicitor General : Amit Anand is a middleman. He was collecting the students on the night of 4th so that he can get the papers on the 5th. Nitish Kumar was on the place where the papers were received on the 5th

Hooda : Then there are statements of Nitesh Kumar, Amit Anand and Sikander Prasad. Their 161 statements indicate that the leak is much prior to the examination.

Judges reading the records.

Hooda refers to the statement of Anurag Yadav recorded by Bihar police.