The Supreme Court will hear on August 9, a petition seeking postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test postgraduate examination (NEET PG 2024).
Advocate Anas Tanwir mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud today. Appearing for the petitioner, Advocate Tanwir urged the Bench to hear the matter on an urgent basis, since the exam was slated to be held on August 11.
The CJI directed the Registry to list the case for hearing tomorrow.
Filed by one Vishal Soren, the petitioner contended that the candidates were facing difficulties in reaching their exam centres since they have been allocated centres in cities, which were inconvenient for them to reach.
Noting that many similarly placed candidates were allocated cities that were highly inconvenient for them to reach, the petition sought details of the formula for normalisation of the four sets of question paper, eliminating any possibility of arbitrariness in the process.
The plea further submitted that the allocation of test cities was made on July 31 and designated centres were to be declared on August 8. This left the candidates with very little time to travel to their respective centres for exam on August 11.
It said the exam was scheduled to be conducted in two batches and the formula for normalisation was unknown to the candidates, thereby causing apprehension to the petitioner.
The petitioner requested the Apex Court to stay the examination till the petition was decided.