Supreme Court to hear plea seeking postponement of NEET PG tomorrow

The Supreme Court of Friday is scheduled to hear a plea seeking the postponement of the NEET PG examination, which is set to take place on August 11. According to the plea, students want the medical entrance exam to be postponed by a few days as they have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Thursday took note of the submissions of lawyer Anas Tanwir on the issue. The bench said the matter will be listed on Friday.

The plea said the students were allotted cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach. It said the cities were allotted to the students on July 31, while the specific centres were scheduled to be allotted on August 8.

While the allocation of the centres was done to curb malpractices, the plea said it is difficult for the candidates to make arrangements for travel to specific cities due to the paucity of time.

“Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus …the Respondents (National Testing Agency) to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 examination,” stated the plea filed by Vishal Soren.