NEET PG 2022 | SC Refuses To Postpone Exam, Says Will Affect Patient Care And Careers

The Congress leader justified the demand of the medical candidates saying they are not responsible for the delay in counseling of NEET-PG 2021

Supreme Court of India

Source : ANI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea seeking to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG 2022) examination. The apex court said the request cannot be entertained as it would affect the care of patients and doctors' career, ANI reported. The NEET-PG examination is scheduled to be held on May 21.

The Supreme Court had agreed to hear the plea of doctors seeking postponement of the examination on the ground that it will clash with the ongoing counselling for NEET-PG 2021.

Supreme Court says the request to postpone NEET-PG 2022 cannot be entertained as it would affect patient care and doctors' career; the needs of patient care is paramount.

— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2022

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also came out in support of medical students on Friday demanding to reschedule National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022.

The Congress  leader noted that the demand for postponement of the examination of the candidates of NEETPG 2022 is justified. Candidates are not responsible for the delay in counseling of NEET-PG2021, Gandhi tweeted in Hindi on Friday.

NEETPG2021 की counselling में देरी के ज़िम्मेदार परीक्षार्थी नहीं हैं।

NEETPG2022 के परीक्षार्थियों की परीक्षा टालने की मांग जायज़ है।

डॉक्टरों ने कोरोना काल में लाखों लोगों की दिन-रात सेवा की। सरकार इन्हे प्रताड़ित न करे, इनकी बात सुने और न्याय करे।#POSTPONENEETPG2022

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 13, 2022

“Doctors served lakhs of people day and night during the Corona period. The government should not harass them, listen to them and do justice,” reads the tweet.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha had agreed to hear the matter listed for hearing on Friday after senior advocate Rakesh Khanna mentioned for urgent listing of the petition. The plea sought direction to quash the notification dated February 4 issued by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences for holding the NEET PG-2022 examination on May 21 and or defer the scheduled date of the examination.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday urging him to reschedule the NEET-PG examination.

In their plea, the association has urged the minister to reschedule the exam citing that the AIQ counselling anticipated to be completed by the end of March 2022 is still in process and is uncertain if it will end by May 7, according to the news agency ANI.