New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations (NBE) on Friday informed the Supreme Court that round 2.09 lakh candidates have registered for the NEET-PG examination 2023, scheduled on March 5, and if the examination had been to be postponed, then no different date could also be accessible within the close to future. A bench comprising Justices S R Bhat and Dipankar Datta orally noticed that suspending the examination can be a psychological torture for many who are ready for the examination, and added that it’ll not move any order both approach.
The bench requested Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, representing the NBE, to deliver an answer on the difficulty raised by the petitioners in reference to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG examination.
The bench famous: “When we postpone a judicial exam, there is agony for the candidates who are preparing for it. The whole dynamics change.” The prime courtroom was listening to two petitions searching for postponement of the NEET-PG examination saying that counselling needs to be carried out after August 11 because the closing date for internship has been prolonged to that date.
Sharing the data in reference to the examination, Bhati stated round 2.09 lakh candidates have registered for the examination and all preparations have been made to conduct the check, which concerned partaking a expertise accomplice to conduct the check.
Opposing the postponement of the examination, she contended that no alternate check date could also be accessible within the close to future because the expertise accomplice is probably not accessible and authorities are attempting to comply with the schedule affirmed by the highest courtroom earlier.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, showing for the petitioners, informed the bench that although 13 petitioners have come earlier than the courtroom, the difficulty raised by them impacts almost 45,000 candidates. He added that when one would go to the counselling, the particular person would want to hold the internship certificates and because the date has been prolonged to August 11, subsequently the counselling ought to occur after this date.
Sankaranarayanan contended that internship is for 12 hours a day and for these college students there may be not a lot time to arrange for the examination. The bench famous that college students getting ready for months must wait.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who additionally appeared for the petitioners, submitted that completely different states have completely different schedules for internship and the difficulty has arisen as a result of this.
After listening to arguments, the bench informed Bhati: “We are not indicating that it will be postponed… we are not passing any order either way. We are keeping it open. You come with the figures”. The prime courtroom has scheduled the matter for additional listening to on February 27.
