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First phase of NEET today
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, here on Saturday refused to entertain a plea of some students to modify an earlier order passed by a five-member bench on the conduct of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) only to confirm that the examination is on.
​New Delhi: A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, here on Saturday refused to entertain a plea of some students to modify an earlier order passed by a five-member bench on the conduct of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) only to confirm that the examination is on.
It may be recalled that a five-member bench had asked the Centre to go ahead with its plans for the conduct of the all India entrance examination as per the schedule presented to it.
On Friday, the Centre rushed back to the SC again seeking a change of date for the first phase examination scheduled for May 1. Saturday's refusal of the CJ bench to intervene in the matter paves the way for the conduct of the examination as scheduled.
A group of students on Saturday approached the bench which was hearing another case to permit them to submit their plea as the matter was urgent.
They submitted to the court that there was an urgent need to modify the five-member bench order on NEET as students who got prepared for the various State-level CET examinations would be all at sea if forced to write NEET at this juncture. "Nothing will happen in the meantime.
Matter had been heard by the bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted," the bench said. The court, for the time being refused to entertain the plea and asked the lawyers concerned to file an application which would be heard by the regular bench, hearing the case.
The Centre had on Friday approached the apex court for modification of its April 28 order and had sought that state governments and private colleges be allowed to hold separate entrance examinations for MBBS and BDS courses for 2016-17 saying there was a lot of confusion arising out of it.
The apex court had in its order cleared the decks for the holding of NEET in two phases for the academic year 2016-17 in which around 6.5 lakh candidates are likely to appear.
It had approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and the Medical Council of India (MCI) for treating All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) fixed for May 1 as NEET-1.
It had said those who had not applied for AIPMT will be given the opportunity to appear in NEET-II on July 24 and the combined result would be declared on August 17 so that the admission process can be completed by September 30.
The apex court had pronounced the order after rejecting opposition for holding NEET by states, including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Association of Karnataka Medical Colleges, besides minority institutions like CMC, Vellore.
