First phase of NEET today, SC says allow exam to be held

The first phase of the single entrance test NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held on Sunday as the Supreme Court refused to accord an urgent hearing of a plea seeking modification of its earlier order on Saturday.

A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which is conducting a special hearing on Saturday to deal with pollution in Delhi, did not allow the plea seeking urgent hearing for modification of the April 28 order passed by another Bench with regard to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). “Nothing will happen in the meantime. Matter had been heard by the Bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted,” the Bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said.

The observation came when lawyers, representing some students, said that the order on NEET needed to be modified as students who had prepared for the state-level entrance exams will find it difficult to prepare for the NEET in such a short span of time. The court, for the time being refused to entertain the plea and asked the lawyers concerned to file an application which would be heard by the regular Bench, hearing the case.