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PremiumNEET PG Hearing 2024 Highlights: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11, which claimed that candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient to reach. A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra refused to entertain the petition seeking postponement of the NEET-PG 2024 examination.
The plea said many candidates have been allocated cities which are highly inconvenient for them to reach. It said 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," stated the plea filed by Vishal Soren. NEET PG exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a "precautionary measure" in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
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NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Postgraduate exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a "precautionary measure" in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The petitioner challenged the decision of the National Board of Exams to hold the exam in two batches and apply a normalisation formula.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: In addition to requesting a postponement of the exam, the petitioners had also demanded that the normalization formula used for the four different sets of question papers be made public.
This transparency is aimed at ensuring that there is no potential for unfairness or arbitrariness in the examination process.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: Earlier, the Supreme Court has decided not to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 exam despite concerns over a paper leak and alleged malpractices.
The Court determined that there was insufficient evidence to suggest that the leak compromised the integrity of the exam as a whole. It also noted that calling for a re-exam would have significant repercussions, impacting over 23 lakh students and potentially disrupting the academic calendar for years to come.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The following snippet was recorded by Bar and Bench
Justice Pardiwala: How many are appearing (for NEET-PG 2024) ?
Hegde: 2 lakhs
Justice Pardiwala: how many before us
Hegde: about 50.. exam can be day after tomorrow as long as it is one paper
CJI: as a matter of principle we will not reschedule.there are 2 lakh students and 4 lakh parents who will weep over the weekend...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)
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: “It seeks rescheduling because there is one exam in morning and one in afternoon.. and then it will be normalised" Bar and Bench quoted Hedge justifying the plea to postpone NEET-PG 2024 examination.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: Upon hearing the plea to postpone the scheduled NEET-PG 2024 examination, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud remarked, “We cannot devise a new education policy and this is not a perfect world".
The CJI had also asked counsel Sanjay Hedge, “Now postponing NEET PG ? how can we postpone such an exam. Mr Sanjay Hegde, nowadays people just come asking to postpone the exam..", Bar and Bench quoted
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: Supreme Court refuses to postpone or reschedule the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The petitioners have also requested that the normalization formula used for the four sets of question papers be disclosed to candidates in order to eliminate any potential for arbitrariness in the process.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The admit card for NEET PG 2024 exam was released on August 8.
NEET PG Hearing 2024 Live: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Postgraduate exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a "precautionary measure" in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Friday raised with Health Minister J P Nadda the issue of "impractical changes" in the examination centres of NEET-PG candidates from Kerala and ensure they are allotted centres within their state or in nearby locations.
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Postgraduate exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a "precautionary measure" in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
The plea said many candidates have been allocated cities which are highly inconvenient for them to reach. It said 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," stated the plea filed by Vishal Soren.
The admit card for NEET PG 2024 exam was released on August 8.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences on Wednesday dismissed claims of some "unscrupulous agents" that they have access to the 2024 NEET-PG exam questions, and said it has filed a police complaint.
In a notice, the board said the false claims have been made on a Telegram channel called "NEET-PG LEAKED MATERIAL". The question paper is yet to be prepared by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), it said.
The petitioners have also requested that the normalization formula used for the four sets of question papers be disclosed to candidates in order to eliminate any potential for arbitrariness in the process.
In a press release, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, "It has come to the notice of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) that some unscrupulous agents are making false and bogus claims by dint of social media platform, viz., Telegram Messenger. The cozeners are claiming to provide NEET-PG 2024 questions for the upcoming NEET-PG 2024 Examination in exchange for a considerable amount of money."
The NBEMS has filed a police complaint against fraudsters and their accomplices for attempting to deceive NEET-PG aspirants by offering exam questions in exchange for money.
he Ministry of Health on Wednesday rejected the reports claiming potential leakage of NEET-PG 2024 examination paper and termed it false and misleading.
Stating that all candidates are assured that the question papers for NEET-PG 2024 are yet to be prepared by NBEMS, the ministry said, “Claims of paper leak made in social media platforms are bogus.
“It has come to the notice of National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) that some unscrupulous agents are making false and bogus claims by dint of social media platform viz. Telegram Messenger. The cozeners are claiming to provide NEET-PG 2024 questions for the upcoming NEET-PG 2024 Examination in exchange for a considerable amount of money," said Health Ministry.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) reassigned exam centres to some of the NEET PG 2024 candidates on August 4, citing the addition of new centres and the implementation of a two-shift system as measures to ensure student safety.
The Neet Pg exam is scheduled to be held on Sunday (August 11). Some candidates complained about not receiving any mail at all over the exam centre allotment. In contrast, others expressed displeasure with the reassigned cities that are located at far off places than the ones marked as preference. The inclement weather conditions across India amid the monsoon season add to the plight of candidates.
Private entrepreneur institutes have been avoided for NEET-PG 2024 centres for better monitoring and the test is being held in two-shifts on August 11 to eliminate any possibility of malpractice, NBEMS President Dr Abhijat Sheth said on Thursday. "We are relying on TCS iON centres and AICTE affiliated institutes to hold the exam this time for better supervision and also to stem out any possibility of malpractice. A few private entrepreneur centres have been roped in where there are no TCS iON/ AICTE affiliated institutes available," Dr Sheth told PTI.
The exam will take place on August 11.
Your exam centre is mentioned on the admit card available on the NBEMS website.
The exam will be held in a single session in CBT mode with 200 multiple-choice questions. Each question will have 4 response options in English, and candidates must select the correct or most appropriate answer.
On August 11, 2,28,542 candidates will appear for the NEET PG entrance exam.
The Supreme Court of India will begin hearing on NEET PG 2024 by today noon.
The exam will be conducted on August 11 in two shifts.
Private entrepreneur institutes have been avoided for NEET-PG 2024 centres for better monitoring and the test is being held in two-shifts on August 11 to eliminate any possibility of malpractice, NBEMS President Dr Abhijat Sheth said on Thursday.
The exam, which is conducted by the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) along with its technical partner TCS, has been embroiled in controversies over allegations of paper leak twice, both of which have been rejected by the authorities.
In a letter to JP Nadda that Shashi Tharoor posted on X, the Congress leader also drew the minister's attention to reports that the number of cities in which the tests are to be conducted has been reduced significantly.
He said since the late evening of August 4, he has been deluged with representations from innumerable NEET-PG aspirants, adding, "I am convinced that there is, indeed, a major problem."
There will be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers.
The NEET PG 2024 exam will be conducted in 185 cities across the country.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11, which claimed that candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach.
