India, June 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Centre over a plea seeking fresh conduct of the NEET-UG medical entrance exam 2024, claiming that the sanctity of the examination had been affected by allegations of paper leak and irregularities in the results announced on June 4.

The vacation bench, headed by justice Vikram Nath, refused to stay the counselling and will hear the matter on July 8 along with a pending petition raising alleged discrepancies in the NEET-UG test held on May 5.

"The matter is not so simple. The sanctity (of the examination) has been affected. We need answers for that," the bench, also comprising justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, said.

The court was h...