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Postpone NEET-UG 2021: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till Monday a plea seeking directions to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to declare results and change dates of Class 12 Private, Patrachar and Compartment exams to ensure that proposed exams do not clash with other competitive and entrance tests. Notably, CBSE offline exams are clashing with other competitive exams, including the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021. Filed by a section of students, the plea had sought to quash the July 13 notice issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), by which it was decided to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Undergraduate exams on September 12.
Here Are The Highlights:
15:35 PM: The Supreme Court has adjourned till Monday the plea that sought directions to CBSE to declare results and change date sheet of Class XII Private, Patrachar, and 2nd Compartment Students so that scheduled exams do not clash with others. Advanced copy to be served to AICTE.
15:34 PM: Justice Khanwilkar– Let him (counsel for AICTE) appear with instructions. Time is as it is running against all of you.
Bench to Petitioner Counsel: You should’ve server the standing counsels, we had given you the liberty to do that.
Bench: Respondents should be before us. You serve the AICTE.
Bench: Petitioner to take steps to serve advanced copy to All India Council For Technical Education. List on Monday #SupremeCourt #Private #Patrachar #NEET
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) September 3, 2021
15:13 PM: Hearing begins in the Supreme Court.
15:08: Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has stayed for a week Kerala government’s decision to hold Class XI (Plus One) Exam physically from September 5 amid rising cases of COVID. “There is an alarming situation in Kerala. It accounts for more than 70% cases of the country, with around 35 K daily cases. Children of tender age can’t be exposed to risk”, a bench led by Justice Khanwilkar orally observed.
14:58: SC to resume hearing shortly, stay tuned.
14:54 PM: Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government had said it will bring new legislation in the state seeking exemption for the medical aspirants from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into undergraduate medical colleges. The state government said it will send it to the President of India for his assent.
14:43 PM: Ahead of the hearing, students are expressing their concern on Twitter using hashtag #SCShiftNEETUG. “Respected Dharmendra Pradhan ji, please give relief to NEET UG aspirants. It is very much understood that 20-25 days postponement won’t affect any academic session. The academic session will start late. There’s enough time for the counseling & the admission process”, one of the aspirants tweeted.
Check some of the tweets here:
Imagine a Student give CBSE or ICAR on 9th n after returning home falls ill due to travelling long distances. How he/she will recover in 2-3 days nd give NEET on 12th.
Also on 11th he/she have to leave for Exam city. So postpone it fr 2weeks.Everybody shld get equal env. frm NTA.— Tango Charlie (@Seirra07) September 3, 2021
14:04 PM: Yesterday, over 1400 students signed an online petition on change.org to intensify their demands. “We request the Education Minister and the NTA to take the wise decision of postponing the NEET exam to October for the sake of students’ mental stress and safety and so that every neet aspirant gets an equal chance in performing well during this tough time,” the petitioner said.
14:00 PM: Vineet Joshi, Director General of the National Testing Agency confirmed that NEET Exam 2021 will not be postponed. “There is no direct clash of NEET with other exams, thus the medical exam will be held as scheduled next month”, Joshi told a leading portal.
13:30 PM: Bench will resume hearing after 2 pm, reported LIVE Law.
13:00 PM: Earlier last year, a similar plea was filed before the court but the SC had dismissed it (plea), saying the precious years of students “cannot be wasted” and life has to go on.
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