On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to receive a new batch of petitions seeking to postpone the National Entry Eligibility Test (NEET) scheduled for September 13.
The three-judge court noted that the state and examination authorities in question will take all necessary precautions for the safety of students amid COVID-19.
Lead lawyer Arvind Datar informed the court headed by Judge Ashok Bhushan that Bihar only has two examination centers and asked to postpone it for three weeks.
Rejecting his request, Judge MR Shah, a party to the court, stated that there cannot be different dates for different states.
Lead attorney KTS Tulsi, who was defending one of the petitioners, cited the number of new virus cases being reported every day, while asking the high court to postpone the examination “Covid-19 cases are increasing and now there are 90,000 cases a day, “he said.
On September 4, the superior court had dismissed the review statement filed by six states against its order that allowed the Union government to conduct medical and engineering entrance exams: Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and the JEE Eligibility Exam. national income (NEET).
On August 17, the superior court had rejected the request for postponement of the medical and engineering entrance exams in a request for instructions to postpone and cancel the exams scheduled for September.
The high court headed by Judge Arun Mishra ordered the petition dismissed, saying that “the career of the students cannot be jeopardized for long.”
Judge Mishra had said: “Life cannot be stopped. We have to go ahead with all the safeguards and everything … Education must be opened. Covid can continue for one more year. Are you going to wait another year? You know what is the loss for the country and the danger for the students “.
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