Supreme Court refuses to postpone NEET-PG 2023 scheduled on March 5, counselling may start from July 15

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The National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences is all set to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-PG 2023) on March 5, 2023. The admit cards of the registered candidates were released on the official website. Medical aspirants were demanding the postponement of the exam date due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. However, the Supreme Court of India has declined to entertain the plea seeking postponement of the exam.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the National Board of Examinations (NBE), submitted before a bench headed by Justice S.R. Bhat that there is no date available in the near future with the Centre's technology partner to conduct the exam and admit cards have been issued as per the schedule. She also informed the bench that the counselling may commence from July 15, 2023.

The top court was informed that approximately 98% of the participating doctors would finish their internship by the time the counselling for NEET-PG (2023-24) will begin on July 15. The remaining candidates who complete their internship after July 15 and are eligible to participate in the counselling process will be allowed provisionally to participate in the counselling and will be dealt with on a case-to-case basis.

 

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The NEET-PG 2023 exam is scheduled to be held in 277 cities at 902 test centers across India. As per the status report, 2,09,029 candidates have applied for the examination, and most of them would have already arranged for their travel to test cities on March 5. Postponing the exam at this stage would cause inconvenience to all such candidates in the form of cancellation of their travel arrangements.

Ten petitioners had completed their internship last year or even before and cannot take a plea for lesser time to prepare. Except for three petitioners, the rest had applied for NEET-PG in the original window opened in January itself. Only three petitioners have applied in the reopened window in February and are completing internships in July.

The top court had noted that "when we postpone a judicial exam, there is agony for the candidates who are preparing for it. The whole dynamics change". The petitioners had sought postponement of the examination, saying the counseling has to be conducted after August 11 since the cut-off date for the internship has been extended to that date.

The NEET-PG 2023 exam will be conducted on March 5, and the counseling may commence from July 15, 2023. The Supreme Court of India has declined the plea seeking postponement of the exam. The candidates who complete their internship after July 15 and are eligible to participate in the counseling process will be allowed provisionally to participate in the counseling on a case-to-case basis. The NEET-PG exam is a crucial test for medical aspirants, and they must prepare well and perform to the best of their abilities.