Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Petition To Postpone NEET-PG 2024 Exam

The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 8) agreed to hear tomorrow a petition seeking to postpone the  NEET-PG 2024 examination, which is scheduled for August 11, 2024.

Advocate Anas Tanwir mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud this morning seeking an urgent hearing. In response, CJI said that the matter will be heard tomorrow.

The petitioners stated that many candidates who will be appearing in the exam have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach.

It is urged that the allocation of test cities was made on 31.07.2024 and the specific centres are scheduled to be declared on 08.08.2024. While the same was done to curb any malpractice in the examinations, the petitioner asserts that given the short notice, it has become highly difficult for students to make arrangements for their travel to their specific cities.

Besides deferring of the exam, the petitioner seeks disclosure of the normalization formula of the four sets of question paper to candidates, so that any possibility of arbitrariness in the process is eliminated.

The prayers made are as follows:

A. Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/ or any other writ/ order directing the Respondents to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 Examination. 

B. 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.

C. 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.

Case Title: Vishal Soren @ Bishal Soren & Ors. v. National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences & Anr.