Students in protective masks wait to enter an examination center for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Reuters)
A bench run by Judge Ashok Bhushan observed that the authorities will take all necessary measures to help the applicants to take the test. “Some petitions had cited the postponement of the Bihar floods, while others had closed on weekends due to Covid-19,” the bank said.
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dismissed a new batch of petitions seeking postponement of NEETs, which is scheduled to be handled by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on September 13. “It’s all over, even the petitions for review have been dismissed,” Apex Court said while declining to consider the allegations that they had also sought an increase at various test centers.
A bench run by Judge Ashok Bhushan observed that the authorities will take all necessary measures to help the applicants to take the test. “Some petitions had cited the postponement of the Bihar floods, while others had closed on weekends due to Covid-19,” the bank said.
The petitioners had demanded that NEET be carried out in 5-6 shifts for more than 15.9 lakhs of students at 3,843 centers.
By filing a new petition to postpone the exam and request more centers, senior Supreme Court attorneys made one last effort to bring relief to students who have been trying to postpone NEET 2020 amid the coronavirus scare. The National Testing Agency (NTA) had recently taken the JEE Main 2020 exam, after which students and experts had questioned how social distancing would be maintained when a greater number of applicants would take the National Eligibility and Entrance Test for courses. of Medicine.
The new guilty plea in SC also calls for a staggered examination over five to six days, as the main JEE examination. Reporting on the new appeal, defender Alakh Alok Srivastava tweeted on Tuesday: “Friends of #NEET, I had a detailed discussion tonight with the respected lead advocate, who will appear for us in our NEET case tomorrow. We are looking for postponement, more centers, NEET in 5-6 days, etc. We are both working pro bono. We will do our best. Keep studying. “
The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a petition to postpone the April 2020 JEE (Main) and NEET-Undergraduate exams, which are scheduled for September, amid a large number of Covid-19 cases, saying a precious year of students “can’t be wasted” and life has to go on.
A three-judge bench led by Judge Arun Mishra said the students’ careers “cannot be jeopardized for long.” “Life has to go on. Life has to go on. A precious student year cannot be wasted,” said the court, which also includes judges BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, during the hearing conducted via video conference while paves the way for the start of exams as scheduled.
Attorney General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that due precautions and all guarantees would be taken when conducting these examinations. The attorney who appeared on behalf of the petitioners told the court that thousands of students are looking to the higher court for relief and were only seeking postponement of these examinations.
The declaration, presented by 11 students from 11 states, sought to annul the notifications of July 3 issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), by means of which it was decided to take the April 2020 Joint Entrance Exam (main) and National Eligibility-Cum-Entry Test (NEET) -Undergraduate Exams in September.
According to public notices issued by NTA, JEE (Main) April 2020 took place from September 1-6, while the NEET UG 2020 exam is scheduled for September 13. The statement, presented through lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava, had referred to the Covid-19 pandemic and said authorities should carry out these examinations only after normality is restored.
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