New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a plea on Friday seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination scheduled for August 11. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said it can’t put the careers of 2 lakh students in jeopardy for five students.
“How can we postpone such an exam? Mr Sanjay Hegde, nowadays people just come asking to postpone the exam. It’s not a perfect world. We are not academic experts.
“As a matter of principle, we will not reschedule the exam. There are two lakh students and four lakh parents who will weep over the weekend if we postpone it. We cannot put the careers of so many candidates in jeopardy. We do not know who is behind these petitions,” the bench said.
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Postgraduate exam, originally scheduled for June 23, had already been postponed as a “precautionary measure” following alleged irregularities in other competitive exams.
However, the petitioners argued that the rescheduled date of August 11 posed significant challenges, particularly due to the late allocation of test cities on July 31.
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