In a significant decision, the Supreme Court on Monday (September 6) said that NEET 2021 entrance exam will not be postponed as the apex court rejected a plea seeking the postponement of NEET examination scheduled for September 12.
The SC rejected the petition of a batch of students who argued that NEET 2021 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.”
“We will not entertain this petition. We do not want uncertainty. Let the exam continue,” a Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, and Justice CT Ravikumar added.
On September 3, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had informed the SC that the students would be allowed to appear for the examination, even if thge CBSE results would not be declared 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,” the NTA has said.
The plea sought to quash public notice scheduling NEET UG 2021 on September 12 as being “manifestly arbitrary and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.”
