New Delhi: The Supreme Court rejected a writ petition on Monday that sought directions to reschedule the NEET-UG 2021 to a date after the announcement of the compartment, private and patrachar exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The exam will now be conducted according to the schedule on September 12, the top court said.
The court has dismissed a plea from a batch of students that contended that the entrance exam will be clashing with other exams. “Over 16 lakh students take NEET. It can’t be deferred on a plea of few students,” the apex court was quoted as saying by NDTV.
“We will not entertain this petition. We do not want uncertainty. Let the exam continue,” Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, and Justice CT Ravikumar’s bench said.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) had clarified to the bench on September 3 that the students would be granted permission to sit for the examination, irrespective of the fact that CBSE results would not be announced by then.
“The non-declaration of result will not stop the students from appearing in the exam, and results will only be required during the counselling,” said the NTA.
Advocate Sumanth Nookala filed the plea that sought to quash public notice scheduling NEET-UG 2021 for September 12 as being “manifestly arbitrary and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.”
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