India, May 25 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said it was sad that NTA has not learned from the earlier NEET paper leak, and sought responses from the Centre, NTA, and the CBI on pleas seeking the replacement of the testing agency with a robust, autonomous body to conduct the medical entrance exam.

A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe directed that a copy of the petitions be served to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, besides other parties, and asked the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the NEET exam, to file an affidavit by Thursday on compliance with the directions issued by the court in 2024.

"It's sad that they have not learnt their lessons. The matter travelled to this court earlier also. ...