The Supreme Court hearing on the changes in the NEET PG 2024 exam is expected to be held next week. The plea challenging the last-minute changes in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) (NEET PG) is likely to be taken up for hearing by the apex court on October 4.
The plea has been filed by a group of NEET PG candidates contesting the National Board of Education for Medical Sciences’ (NBEMS) last-minute changes in the exam pattern. Ishika Jain and others have filed a plea seeking the release of the NEET PG 2024 answer keys, question papers, and standardisation of marks as the test was divided into two sections. The petitioners are seeking transparency in the selection process.
NEET PG candidates are being represented by Senior Advocate Vibha Datta Makhija and Advocate Tanvi Dubey, who asserted that NBEMS made last-minute changes to the exam pattern.
“There needs to be a standardised approach. Everything was dependent on a single information bulletin which could be modified at the whims and fancies of the authorities,” Senior Advocate Makhija stated and added that there were no regulations to determine how the tests were to be conducted, the Indian Express reported.
The case has been rescheduled as no representative from the Union Government appeared before the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during the last hearing.
“It is very unusual… Three days before the examinations (exam pattern was changed)… students will have a meltdown,” said Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud.
The CJI also questioned NBEMS, claiming that everything follows the brochure, but three days before the exam, the entire pattern is modified.
The last hearing on the petition filed by 19 NEET PG aspirants was held on September 20.
Records accessible on the Supreme Court website showed that the case was originally scheduled for September 27 and now it has been rescheduled for October 4.
The NEET PG exam is held to select candidates for admission into postgraduate medical programmes in government and private medical colleges.
With the unexpectedly low ranks, students are worried about the results, which were released by the NBE on August 23. Instead of taking the exam in a single shift this year, it was held in two shifts. NBE implemented the normalisation procedure when the new system was put in place. This has spurred requests for the NBE to release the final answer keys and explain the marking system.
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