Table of Contents

A. Background

B. Previous orders of the Court

C. Submissions

D. Issues

E. Analysis

i. Facts which have emerged during the course of the hearing

a. Chain of custody of question papers as detailed by NTA

b. Issues in Hazaribagh, Sawai Madhopur, Patna and other places

ii. The marks awarded for one of the questions must be revised because only one of the options is the correct answer.

iii. There is no conflict of interest with the Director of IIT, Madras analysing

the data in this case

iv. There is no evidence to indicate a systemic leak as on date

a. Position of law

b. The present case

F. The conduct of NTA: Cause for concern

G. Issues in the conduct of the examination and the remit of the committee constituted by the Union Government

H. Parting remarks