The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a batch of pleas seeking deferment or cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled for September 13.
Supreme Court refuses to entertain pleas on deferment of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Review petitions also dismissed.
The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a batch of pleas seeking deferment or cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled for September 13.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that authorities will take all necessary steps for conducting the NEET-undergraduate exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic for admission in medical courses.
바카라Sorry, we are not inclined to entertain,바카라 the bench said.
The apex court had on September 4 dismissed petitions, including the one filed by ministers of six opposition-ruled states, seeking review of its August 17 order which had paved the way for holding NEET and JEE exams.
The bench, also comprising Justices R S Reddy and M R Shah, said that all arrangements have been made by the authorities to hold the exam.
바카라Now everything is closed, even review is dismissed,바카라 the bench said, adding that only NEET exam is left now and JEE is over.
Senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for one of the petitioners, referred to the situation in Bihar and said, 바카라Only two centres are made at Patna and Gaya. It should be postponed by few weeks.바카라
Senior advocate K T S Tulsi, who was appearing for one of the petitioners, said that people residing in containment zones are not allowed to come out of their house.
바카라How can they give exams,바카라 Tulsi said.
Advocate Shoeb Alam, who appeared for another petitioner, said that his plea is against the advisory of National Testing Agency which conducts the exam.
He said a new standard operating procedure was issued on September 2 which says that if any student shows some sign of cold or anything else, then he or she can be allowed to give exam by alternate means.
바카라This in our view is related to university exams. Authorities will take all necessary steps for conduct of NEET exam,바카라 the bench said.
Alam said that number of lockdown is still operating and in Noida, there is lockdown on weekends.
바카라Weekend lockdown has been reversed now,바카라 the bench observed.
When Alam said that admit cards should be allowed to be used as curfew pass so that students can go to exam centres, the bench said, 바카라We cannot issue general direction.바카라
On September 4, the apex court had dismissed the pleas seeking review of its order which had paved the way for holding NEET and JEE exams.
JEE Main exams was scheduled from September 1-6.
The top court had on August 17 dismissed a plea which had sought postponement of JEE (Main) April 2020 and NEET-Undergraduate examinations amid spurt in number of COVID-19 cases.
While refusing to interfere with the conduct of medical and engineering entrance exams, the top court had said in August that though there is pandemic situation, 바카라ultimately life has to go and the career of the students cannot be put on peril for long and full academic year cannot be wasted바카라.
One of the pleas seeking review of the August 17 order was filed by the ministers of six states -- ruled by parties like Congress, TMC, JMM, NCP and Shiv Sena.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had in August assured the top court that all safeguards would be taken while conducting the examinations.