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NDTV
4 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
NEET PG 2025: Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Friday Over Proposed Exam Date
The Supreme Court will hear the National Board of Examinations' (NBE) application on Friday, seeking approval to conduct the NEET PG 2025 exam on August 3. The exam, originally scheduled for June 15, was postponed after the top court raised concerns over its proposed two-shift format. The NBE has approached the top court requesting permission to hold the entrance test in a single shift on the new proposed date. This move follows the court's earlier intervention last Friday, when it objected to the exam being held in two sessions. The Supreme Court had observed that holding the exam in two shifts could lead to discrepancies in difficulty levels, which may unfairly impact candidates. The bench stressed that a uniform examination must be conducted in a single session across the country to ensure fairness and transparency. The court had directed NBE to make logistical arrangements to hold the exam in one shift. It had also clarified that if the Board required additional time to implement this direction, it could return to the court seeking more time. The case arises from a petition filed by the United Doctors Front, which challenged the NBE's decision to hold the postgraduate medical entrance exam in two shifts. The petition argued that such a format could create unequal conditions for candidates and demanded that the exam be conducted in one shift nationwide. In the previous hearing, the court had issued a notice on the petition and sought a response from the NBE, leading to the current hearing scheduled for this week.
India Today
26-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Supreme court agrees to hear plea on NEET PG 2025 exam format
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition challenging the National Board of Examinations' (NBE) decision to conduct the NEET PG 2025 exam in two separate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses is scheduled for June 15 and will be held in two computer-based shifts across centres in the country. The results are expected by July bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Justice B R Gavai, and Justice Augustine George Masih said the matter would be listed for hearing soon. The lawyer representing the petitioners reminded the court that the matter was supposed to be listed last week, as assured on May 23, but wasn't. 'This is urgent. The admit cards will be issued on June 2,' the lawyer submitted. The Chief Justice responded, 'It will be listed in a day or two.'The petitioners, including one Aditi and others, have argued that holding the exam in two shifts could lead to an unequal playing field due to possible differences in difficulty levels between the two sets of question papers. The plea has asked the court to direct the NBE to hold the exam in a single shift, ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all on May 5, the Supreme Court had issued notices seeking responses from the NBE, the National Medical Council, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the a related matter, the top court recently passed a verdict aimed at reforming NEET PG counselling. It ordered authorities to stop seat-blocking practices and directed that raw scores, answer keys, and the formula used for normalisation be made public for greater current petition raises fresh concerns about fairness in the NEET PG exam process, adding pressure on the authorities ahead of the exam outcome of the plea could impact lakhs of medical aspirants preparing to appear for the NEET PG 2025.
