The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 is conducted for admission in Undergraduate medical courses will be held on September 12(Sunday) after Supreme Court today rejected a plea by a group of students to postpone the exam. Supreme Court said that it does not want to interfere with the process and it will be “very unfair” to reschedule it.
The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a writ petition filed seeking directions for rescheduling of NEET-UG 2021 examination to a date after the declaration of the CBSE compartment, private, patrachar exams. The examination will be held as per schedule on September 12, the Supreme Court said. The Court has dismissed the plea of a batch of students who contended that the entrance exam will be clashing with other exams saying that “Over 16 lakh students take NEET. It can’t be deferred on a plea of few students.”
A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, and Justice CT Ravikumar was hearing the petition. The apex court was hearing a petition seeking deferment of the examination on the ground that several other exams are scheduled during the period.
The NEET-UG 2021 is being held for admissions to medical courses like MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS and BHMS. The entrance exam will be held in 11 languages, including Hindi and English through Pen and Paper mode. The cities of the exam have been increased from 155 to 198 in order to ensure social distancing norms. The number of examination centres will also be increased from the 3862 centres used in 2020.
The National Testing Agency on September 3 had clarified to the bench that the students would be allowed to appear for the examination, irrespective of the fact that CBSE results would not be declared by then.
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