SC Dismisses Petition: NEET, JEE Exams To Be Held As Per Schedule

On Aug 17, 2020

New Delhi: Another jolt of examination has turned down by the Supreme Court on Monday by dismissing a plea seeking postponement of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), scheduled to be held in September 2020. pic.twitter.com/BPyjn8RlGC
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2020

On behalf of 11 students from 11 states had moved to Supreme Court seeking relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The petition was filed by advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava. As per the scheduled the engineering entrance to take place from September 1 to September 6 while the medical entrance decided for September 13.

The plea was in favor of conducting key entrance examinations only after normalcy is restored post-COVID-19 crisis. Ahead of the hearing, advocate Srivastava exuded confidence in getting justice for young JEE and NEET aspirants. While in the submission of Solicitor General he told to top court that exams will be held with adequate precautions.