Supreme Court to Hear a Plea to Postpone the NEET-PG 2024 Examination Tomorrow

Today (August 08, 2024), Advocate Anas Tiwari mentioned a petition before the Supreme Court (SC)bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, for an urgent hearing, seeking to postpone the NEET-PG 2024 examination which is scheduled to be held on August 11, 2024. The bench including the CJI, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra agreed to hear tomorrow (August 09, 2024) the petition. While mentioning the matter before the SC bench, the petitioners said that the allocation of test cities was made on July 31, 2024, and the specific centres are scheduled to be declared today (August 08) to curb any malpractice in the examination. The petitioners urged that within such a short time period, it has been difficult for the candidates to make arrangements for their travel to specific cities for examination. They also pointed out, “There is a likelihood that one batch of candidates may face a more difficult question paper than the other batch. Therefore, it is prayed that the formula for normalization should be disclosed before the conduct of examinations thereby ruling out any fear of arbitrariness.” The prayers made by the petitioners are mentioned as follows:

• “Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/ or any other writ/ order directing the Respondents to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 Examination.
• Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/ or any other writ/ order, directing the Respondent No. 01 to conduct the exam in a single batch to ensure a uniform and fair testing environment for all candidates.
• Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/ or any other writ/ order, directing the Respondent No. 01, in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and rectify Examination Centre Allocation Issues and ensure that test centres are allocated more equitably and transparently at nearby places.”

After considering the urgency of the matter, the SC bench agreed to hear the petitions tomorrow (August 09, 2024, Friday).