The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a writ petition filed seeking directions for rescheduling of NEET UG 2021 examination to a date after the declaration of the CBSE compartment, private, patrachar exams. The examination will be held as per schedule on September 12, the Supreme Court said.
The Court has dismissed the plea of a batch of learners who contended that the entrance examination will be clashing with other examinations declaring that “Over 16 lakh college students acquire NEET. It can’t be deferred on a plea of couple college students.”
The National Testing Agency on September 3 had clarified to the bench that the students would be allowed to appear for the examination, irrespective of the fact that 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 filed by Advocate Sumanth Nookala 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.”
