NEET PG 2023 Postponement Plea: 5 Takeaways From Last Supreme Court Hearing

The Supreme Court of India on Friday scheduled a hearing for the NEET PG 2023 delay request for Monday. In order to delay the postgraduate medical entrance test, petitioners have asked the Supreme Court to issue a directive to the National Board of Examiners in Medical Sciences (NBE), arguing that the qualifying requirements have been altered twice. Despite the fact that the new deadline for finishing an internship has been extended, they now have little time to be ready since the exam is on March 5. In addition, they asserted that NEET PG counselling could not start before August 11, the deadline for finishing an internship.

Here are the top five points from the last Supreme Court hearing of the NEET-PG 2023 postponement case:

1. Around 2 lakh applicants have enrolled for the NEET PG exam, and the National Board of Examinations (NBE), which administers the test, informed the Supreme Court bench of justices S. R. Bhat and Dipankar Datta that if the exam is postponed, no alternate date could be readily accessible. Aishwarya Bhati, the Assistant Solicitor General (ASG), assured the Senate that all arrangements had been made for the test to be held on schedule.

2. According to the petitioners, NEET-PG counselling is only possible after August 11; thus, if the test is taken on March 5, there would be a gap of more than five months.You must bring the internship certificate with you when you attend the counselling session." August 11 has been added to the calendar. In his appearance on behalf of the petitioners, senior attorney Gopal Sankaranarayanan informed the bench that "the counselling may place only after August 11." He claimed that because students are working 12-hour shifts during their internships, they do not have time to study for their exams.

3. Over 2.09 lakh applicants have enrolled for NEET PG 2023, NBE informed the court. While just 13 of them have contacted, the petitioners said that the issue they presented impacts roughly 45,000 applicants when the highest court asked how many candidates will be harmed by it.

4. "Those who have been preparing for months together, they have to be told to wait," the bench observed, adding, "For those who are eligible and are waiting, it is torture for them".

5. The bench did not issue a directive. "We need a response. The bench asked the ASG, "What is the remedy to this? We are not implying that it would be delayed." The bench continued, "We are not making any decisions. We are still operating it.