Supreme Court refuses to defer JEE-NEET examinations scheduled for September
- On the assurance given by NTA, the court observed that the exams must go on with all protections in place
- 11 students belonging to 11 different states had sought cancellation of the Public notices dated 03 July issued by NTA
The Supreme Court on Monday refused the plea for deferment of medical and engineering entrance exams -Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) in plea seeing directions for postponement and cancellation of the exams scheduled to be held in September.
Specialist General Tushar Mehta, representing The National Testing Agency(NTA), guaranteed the court that all vital safety measures will be taken in perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pinnacle court seat headed by Justice Arun Mishra requested the excusal of the appeal and said “Vocation of understudies can’t be put under peril for long.”
Equity Mishra said “Life can’t be halted. We need to push forward with all protections and all… Instruction ought to be opened up. COVID may continue for a year more. Is it accurate to say that you are going to hold up one more year? Do you comprehend what is the misfortune to the nation and hazard to the understudies.”
On the confirmation given by NTA, the court saw that the tests must go on with all insurances set up.
11 understudies belonging to 11 unique states had looked for scratch-off of the Public notification dated 03.07.2020 gave by NTA scheduling the examination of JEE (Main) April-2020 between first to sixth September 2020 and NEET UG-2020 on thirteenth September 2020. The applicants fought that there is an alarming spray of COVID-19 cases in India and in perspective on which they seeking headings for the NTA to direct the JEE (Main) April-2020 and NEET UG-2020 simply after regularity is reestablished in our nation, post COVID-19 emergency.
The request documented through Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had claimed that the respondents have subjectively ignored that a large portion of the guardians of the influenced understudies is facing the most extreme financial pain because of diminished financial open doors in the midst of COVID-19 emergency. In such a circumstance, further burdening them with the expense of Transportation, Accommodation and Medical Treatment of their wards, for appearing in the inscribed examination, is completely unreasonable, out of line, and unjustifiable.
The solicitors had additionally affirmed that the examination conducting body has disregarded the situation of lakhs of understudies belonging to Bihar, Assam and North Eastern States, which are by and by witnessing incessant flood and along these lines conducting online or offline examinations in such places, is beyond the realm of imagination.
They had likewise looked for bearings to increase the quantity of Examination Centers of the inscribed JEE (Main) April – 2020 and NEET UG-2020, in order to give at any rate one Examination Center in every district of India
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