The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the exam cannot be postponed merely days before the scheduled date.
"Now postponing NEET PG? How can we postpone such an exam? Nowadays people just come asking to postpone the exam," the Bar and Bench quoted the court as saying.
The plea said many candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach. The test cities were allotted on July 31 and the specific centres will be declared on August 8.
While the allocation of the centres was done to curb malpractices, the plea said due to the paucity of time, it is difficult for the candidates to make arrangements for travel to specific cities.
"Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus...the Respondents (National Testing Agency) to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 examination," the plea filed by Vishal Soren, had noted.
The court observed that there are two lakh students and four lakh parents who are waiting for the exams. “We cannot put the careers of so many candidates at risk just because of these petitioners. We do not know who is behind these petitions (not your client)," the court said.