NEW DELHI: A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Monday will consider petitions related to the NEET UG examination as the Supreme Court opens after the summer vacation.

As the future of 24 lakh students is at stake, the court's stand will be decisive on whether to cancel the exam, prevent counselling, and irregularity in grace marks. The court's questions to the National Testing Agency and the education ministry are also important. The NTA had submitted an affidavit that only the centres in Patna in Bihar and Godhra in Gujarat had alleged question paper leaks. The agency also asked not to cancel the exam. The central government's position is that there is no evidence of major irregularities. The education ministry's affidavit also pointed out that re-examination is not rational.

There are also pleas filed by 12 Malayali students. The students also pointed out that the hardships they faced for the exam and re-examination injustice would be a violation of their fundamental rights.

Other cases

There are also petitions on the constitutionality of the three new criminal laws and the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Hathras disaster and the collapse of bridges in Bihar. The Bihar government has also filed a petition against the Patna High Court order quashing the backward reservation from 50 to 65 percent. A reconstituted five-member constitutional bench will hear the review petitions against the rejection of the demand to legalize same-sex marriage on Wednesday.

A verdict is expected soon on the legality of granting reservation to sub-castes in Scheduled Castes. The verdict is to be delivered on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea against the ED's arrest and the petitions related to restoration of minority status of Aligarh University in Uttar Pradesh.