NEET PG 2023 Postponement Supreme Court Updates: The Supreme Court has dismissed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2023 postponement plea today. The Supreme Court has denied the request to postpone the entrance test.
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The ASG Aishwarya Bhati told Supreme Court today that the postponement demand is only by a minority number of students. “In the first window, nearly two lakh three thousand students applied. Only six thousand students applied after the internship deadline was extended,” ASG said. She also assured the bench that the NBE plans to commence counselling process by July 15. The candidates who are yet to complete their internship will be dealt on a case-by-case scenario later.
This plea was first heard on Friday (February 24) by a bench of justices S R Bhat and Dipankar Datta who had asked for clarifications from the NBE and declared that it was not passing any order either way. The ASG was asked to come out with a solution of the issue raised by the petitioners. “For those who are waiting for this (examination), it is really a mental torture,” the bench observed, adding, “When we postpone a judicial exam, there is agony for the candidates who are preparing for it. The whole dynamics change.” Read less
NEET PG is scheduled to be conducted on March 5, but the candidates wish to have the exam postponed. However, NBE is not in favour of the same. “If the examination is postponed, no alternate test date may be available in the near future as the technology partner may not be available,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the NBE, told the Court.
This decision has left aspirants disappointed. “Just like me, several other aspirants had high hopes from the Supreme Court. We had thought that if not NBE then at least the Supreme Court will hear our plea and understand the problems that their future doctors of this country are facing,” Abhishek Choudhary, a NEET PG aspirant from Saharanpur, who is interning at the Muzaffarnagar Medical College till May. Read more here
The Supreme Court has clarified that the NEET PG 2023 exam will not be changed and the exam will be conducted on March 5.
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Supreme Court has refused to hear any pleas seeking postponement of NEET PG 2023.
The ASG hs told Supreme Court that the NBE plans to commence counselling process by July 15. The candidates who are yet to complete their internship will be dealt on a case-by-case scenario later.
Supreme Court has dismissed the petition seeking to postpone NEET PG 2023 exam. The entrance exam will be conducted as per the original schedule, i.e. March 5.
"In the first window, nearly two lakh three thousand students applied. Only six thousand students applied after the internship deadline was extended. So, the demand is only by a minority," ASG Aishwarya Bhati told Supreme Court.
"There is no available date in near future with our technology partner. We are trying the set the clock after the two years of pandemic," ASG tells Supreme Court.
'Admit cards are issued. Out of the 17 petitioners, 10 have completed their internships last year,' ASG told Supreme Court.
(With inputs from bar and Bench)
Justice S Ravindra Bhat has asked Sankaranarayanan why do the candidates want an extension now, when they were content with the exam date earlier, when the candidates had requested for extension of internship cut-off date. "When I asked you wanted postponement, you said you did not want. Some of them you represent were content with the timeline as it was," he said, according to LiveLaw.
Sankaranarayanan also submitted a document that shows that the previous practice in the past is that the gap between the internship deadline and the exam is never more than two months.
Senior Adv Gopal Shankaranarayanan has submitted an annual report of '17-18. "Please come to the last page, it shows State wise details of MBBS seats, so maximum decide to sit for PG," Shankaranarayanan said, according to Bar and Bench.
Shankaranarayanan has claimed that over 2 lakh students registered for the NEET PG exam, out of which nearly 1.3 lakh students are those who completed their graduation in previous years and who could not make it through PG in the previous terms.
While NEET PG 2023 aspirants wait for an order from the Supreme Court today on the postponement issue, the NBE has released the admit cards. Candidates were sent a text message which stated that students will have to login to download their admit card.
The Supreme Court bench is currenty hearing item number 50, and will soon commence hearing the NEET PHG 2023 postponement plea
Senior Adv Gopal Shankaranarayanan had said that about 45,000 candidates will be affected by this plea. 'There are 13 petitioners before your lordships...But about 45,000 other would be affected,' Sr. Adv. Gopal Sankaranarayanan told the Bench on Friday.
The Supreme Court bench is currently hearing item number 47. The NEET PG 2023 postponement plea will be heard at 53.
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According to the NBE, the academic session is planned to commence in July 2023, or as early as possible after counseling
Right now, the Supreme Court bench is hearing item number 43, and the NEET matter (which is item number 53) will be heard soon.
The original internship cut-off date was March 31. Then, after several protests by aspirants, it was extended to June 30 on January 13. Later, it was further extended to August 11.
“In continuation of NBEMS notice dated January 13 and pursuant to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare… the cut-off date for completion of internship for the purpose of eligibility for NEET-PG 2023 has been further extended to August 11,” a notice by the National Board of Examinations (NBEMS) said. Read full report
The Union Health Ministry has decided the internship cut-off date to be August 11. This means, NEET PG 2023 aspirants have time till August 11 to complete their mandatory one-year internship.
NEET PG is likely to be discontinued from next year, with the government implementing a new, two-part exit test for all MBBS students (NeXT), which will be a basis for their registration as doctors and admissions for further PG courses. However, an official notification on the same is still pending.
After representations from various State Government/Universities, the cut-off date of internship was extended to 11.08.2023 and surprisingly only 5000 additional applications were received which constitutes about 2% of the total candidates who are going to take exam. Postponing the exam will create problem for 98% of the students who have been studying/preparing for NEET PG exam and have represented to not to postpone the date of examination," the NBE has claimed in a speaking order.
NBE is claiming that postponing the exam will cause problems for the registered candidates, as well as the hosting authorities.
"The date of exam was already fixed 6 months in advance and a notice in this regard was placed on NBE website on 16.09.2022. Initially, when the cut-off date for completion of internship was 31 March 2023, more than 2 lakh students had already registered for exam and had not objected regarding the date of exam," the NBE has claimed in a speaking order.
The National Board of Examination (NBE) that conducts the screening test for post-graduate medical courses had to recently extend the internship cut-off date to August 11, making an additional 13,000 MBBS students from five states eligible for the 2023 examination. The NBE initially announced internship cut-off date of March 30, which was extended by the body in January to June 30, and then to August 11. Read more
The NEET PG 2023 postponement case is listed as item number 53, which means the plea might be heard after lunch break today.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has warned the NEET PG 2023 aspirants against the fake notice that has been circulating on various social media platforms regarding the rescheduling of the examination. A notice, which was circulating on social media earlier, was claiming that the NEET PG 2023 examination will be conducted on May 21, while the results for the same will be declared on June 20. However, be aware as the information is false.
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya recently said in Lok Sabha that the NEET PG 2023 exam will not be postponed. "The exam date is March 5 and it was announced five months ago, students who had to appear for exam have been preparing for it already.” Read full report here
Step 1: Visit the official website - natboard.edu.in.
Step 2: Choose the NNET-PG tab given on the home page
Step 3: Click on the application link and fill in your credentials
Step 4: E-admit card will be displayed on the screen
Step 5: Take out a print out of the admit card for carrying it to examination centre
The ground mentioned for the request of postponement of examination as mentioned in the representation(s) is:
The date of completion of internship was extended to 11.08.2023 vide notice dated 07.02.2023 and they became eligible only after extension of the cut-off date for completion of internship. Therefore, he/they and similarly placed 18000 doctors will not get sufficient time for preparation of examination.
According to the official schedule, NEET PG is scheduled to be conducted on March 5, and the results will be available tentatively by March 31.
The Supreme Court had heard the plea on Friday, but did not take any decision on the postponement of the exam, as it sought some responses from the NBE.
When asked how many students will be appearing for the exam, NBE told the Supreme Court that around 2.09 lakh candidates have registered for the NEET-PG exam 2023. There is “no alternative date for conducting the exam may be available in the near future if it is postponed.”
The aspirants are hoping for postponement of the exam as they claim candidates did not get enough time to prepare due to change in eligibility, and also to reduce the gap between exam and counselling dates. “The gap now between exam and counselling in 5 months now. Previously, it was one month. As a consequence we are getting less time… We are asking the exam to be pushed a little. It was pushed last year,” Senior Adv Gopal Shankaranarayanan told the bench, as per LiveLaw.
The NBE sent personal text messages to NEET PG 2023 aspirants today, informing them that the admit cards are ready for download. However, candidates are alleging that as soon as they download the hall tickets, there is no content available in the PDF.
The NEET PG 2023 aspirants have claimed that the time difference between the exam and the counselling dates si too long, which could be a wastage of time for candidates as they will be unable to even get a job for those limited months.
“The NEET PG aspirants will not be able to apply for jobs during this time as there is a dearth of jobs in the medical industry and people usually don’t offer jobs for such short time periods. Due to this, the few months between the exam and counselling will be a complete waste for students. If the authorities delay the NEET PG, at least students will be able to study properly and then get better scores, rather than wasting time,” Dr Rakesh Bagdi Gurjar, former FAIMA chief told indianexpress.com.
It’s been over a year now since hundreds of Indian students returned home from Ukraine, leaving behind their dreams of pursuing a medical degree from Ukraine. The Ukraine-Russia war, nearly 15,783 students left their MBBS degree and returned to India. As per the Ministry of External Affairs, a total of 3,964 Indian medical students have got admissions under Academic Transfer Programme. And, around 170 students have enrolled themselves under Academic Mobility Program.
NEET PG 2023 will be conducted at more than 800 centers for nearly 2.09 lakh students, NBE has claimed.
"Supreme Court has had to intervene even before they can admission. I had a case where student could not get MBBS seat because of a disability, other cases like of NEET have found their way to my bench. Courts often cannot enter policy domain. But when injustice is done, it is our bounden duty to intervene. The sheer amount of NEET litigation shows how much it holds value in our society but also a need for reform in medical education," he said during his address at the 19th Sir Ganga Ram Oration.
The registration for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2023 exam will commence by the first week of March, a NTA official has confirmed to indianexpress.com. Read full report here
The NEET PG 2023 aspirants have claimed that the authorities modificed the eligibility criteria twice, which reflects their oversight and mismanagement on its part of not consulting the state medical bodies in advance. Due to this, many candidates did not get enough time to prepare for the medical entrance exam, aspirants allege.
While NEET PG 2023 aspirants wait for an order from the Supreme Court today on the postponement issue, the NBE has released the admit cards. Candidates were sent a text message which stated that students will have to login to download their admit card.
Meanwhile, several candidates have also been tweeting that they have received a similar message for their admit cards.
The NEET PG 2023 hearing might be heard after lunch today, i.e. after 2 pm.
The NEET PG 2023 case is listed as item no. 53. The Supreme Court bench was scheduled to sit at 10.30 am.
According to the official schedule, the admit card for NEET PG 2023 exam is scheduled to release today (February 27), and the exam is to be conducted on March 5.
The Supreme Court will today hear the petition for postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2023 at 10:30 am. The pleas are listed before a bench of judges comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta.
Out of the 15,783 students who were evacuated from Ukraine, only 3,964 students have got admissions under Academic Transfer Programme. And, around 170 students have enrolled themselves under Academic Mobility Program, as per the data provided by the Ministry of External Affairs. Read more
No, the application process for NEET PG 2023 has closed now. The registration process had re-started in middle after the internship cut-off date was extended to August 11.
According to the NBE, the academic session is planned to commence in July 2023, or as early as possible after counseling.
The NEET-PG 2023 postponement pleas are listed before a bench of judges comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta. The bench will commence sitting at 10.30 am
While speaking at a function held in Ganga Ram hospital, New Delhi, yesterday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud observed :
"Several cases challenging National Medical Commission's decisions or cases relating to NEET have found their way to my bench at the Supreme Court. Often, courts cannot enter policy domain and it is the duty of the state to listen to the representations made by the students. However, whenever injustice is done, it becomes our bounden duty to intervene. The sheer volume of litigation of NEET cases is indicative of the hopes and aspirations of millions of students. It is proof that medicine is one of the most sought-after professions in India."
-- Live Law
NEET PG 2023 will be conducted at more than 800 centers for more than 2 lakh students, NBE has claimed.
The apex court, which made clear that it was not passing any order either way, asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the NBE, to come out with a solution of the issue raised by the petitioners.
“We want an answer. What is the solution for this,” the bench told the ASG, adding, “We are not indicating that it will be postponed.” “We are not passing any order either way. We are keeping it open. You come with the figures,” it said. Read more
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya recently told the Lok Sabha that the NEET PG 2023 will be conducted as per schedule on March 5. “The exam date is March 5 and it was announced five months ago, students who had to appear for exam have been preparing for it already.” Read more
NBE is claiming that postponing the exam will cause problems for the registered candidates, as well as the authorities who are hosting the exam."The date of exam was already fixed 6 months in advance and a notice in this regard was placed on NBE website on 16.09.2022. Initially, when the cut-off date for completion of internship was 31% March 2023, more than 2 lakh students had already registered for exam and had not objected regarding the date of exam," the NBE has claimed in a document.
After representations from various State Government/Universities, the cut-off date of internship was extended to 11.08.2023 and surprisingly only 5000 additional applications were received which constitutes about 2% of the total candidates who arc going to take exam. Postponing the exam will create problem for 98% of the students who have been studying/preparing for NEET PG Exam and have represented to not to postpone the date of examination," the document added.
As per the schedule released by NBE, the medical entrance exam is scheduled to be conducted on March 5. The result for the same will be available tentatively by March 31.
FAIMA (Federation of All India Medical Association) delegates and aspirants claim that if the time between the entrance exam and the counselling is not reduced, then it will lead to a waste of time for candidates.
The Supreme Court will today resume the hearing on the petition for postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2023. Aspirants and FAIMA delegates have been protesting for the past few weeks, demanding deferment of the exam.