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The Supreme Court Monday rejected a prayer seeking directions to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) this year for admission to medical courses through online mode for overseas students.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to do the needful to allow students who want to take the exam to come in Vande Bharat Mission flights.
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“Please put in a word that they are allowed to come back and give [write] the exams. If not, they will lose a year,” the bench told Mehta.
The bench also refused to grant the request to relax the 14-day quarantine requirement and said, “We are afraid such a direction cannot be given, as it would endanger public health.”
The court, however, said students may approach state authorities to seek relaxation of the quarantine period.
The bench was hearing a plea challenging the Kerala High Court’s decision rejecting the prayer to set up examination centres abroad. ens
