SC To Hear Plea Against Move To Conduct NEET PG 2025 In Two Shifts

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging a decision of the National Board of Examination to hold the NEET PG examination in two shifts, the PTI reported.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET PG), 2025, will be conducted on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based test (CBT) mode and the results are scheduled to be declared by July 15.

A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih took note of the submissions made by the lawyer and said that the plea will be listed for hearing soon.

On May 23, the Bench said that the plea will be listed for hearing next week but it did not happen. The lawyer pointed it out.

“The Bench said it would list the matter this week. It is extremely urgent. The admit cards will be issued on June 2,” the PTI quoted the lawyer as saying.

It will be listed in a day or two, the CJI said.

The Bench on May 5 sought a response from the NBE, National Medical Council, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the plea.

Recently, the apex court delivered a verdict issuing a slew of directions to stop seat-blocking in NEET PG counselling and directed publication of raw scores, answer keys and normalisation formulae of the exam.

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The plea, challenging the conduct of NEET PG exam in two shifts, said it has the possibility of unfairness due to varying difficulty levels between shifts.

It seeks direction to the NBE to conduct the exam in a single shift to maintain “just, fair, reasonable and equitable” grounds of competition for all the candidates.

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