NEET and JEE Mains 2020 to be Conducted as per Schedule: Supreme Court

 

Observing that life has to go on with all precautions in place, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to postpone National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) examinations, scheduled for September.

The apex court further said that the Postponement of JEE and NEET Exam will put future or careers of students in jeopardy.

The plea was heard by the SC bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.

The plea was heard by the SC bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.

The bench also said that it has taken into the record the submission of the Solicitor General that exams will be held with adequate precautions. SC further clarified that the career of students cannot be put under jeopardy for long.

The plea was filed by advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava on behalf of 11 students belonging to 11 states on August 6, 2020. The petitioners had urged the court to direct the Centre to hold JEE and NEET examinations only after normalcy is restored in the country.

The National Testing Agency has scheduled to conduct engineering and medical entrance examinations in September. According to the notice released by NTA on July 3, the NEET UG examination will be conducted on September 13 and the 

JEE Main

 will commence on September 1 and conclude on 6, 2020.