SC notice to Central Govt on plea against upper age limit for NEET
4 Jun 2018 5:35 PM GMT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the Centre on a plea challenging the Medical Council of India (MCI) norm laying down upper age limit of 25 years for general category aspirants to apply for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS courses.
A bench comprising justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan issued notices to the Centre, the CBSE and the Kerala government on the plea by a group of 170 medical aspirants and posted the matter for hearing on July 10.
The group of aspirants have challenged the Delhi HC's May 11 judgement dismissing the pleas challenging the MCI notification laying down the upper age limit of 25 and 30 years for general and reserved categories respectively to apply for NEET for MBBS and BDS courses. However, the high court had struck down a clause in the notification which bars students from the open schools or those who have studied privately from appearing in the test. During the brief hearing, the counsel appearing for the students told the SC that the limitation of 25 years was "completely arbitrary".
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