Supreme Court to Hear Key Case on NEET-PG 2024 Today

The NEET-PG 2024 examination, organised by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) and its technical partner TCS, is scheduled for 11 August . The admit cards for this rescheduled exam were released on Thursday. However, a plea seeking the postponement of the exam due to difficulties with exam centre locations will be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday. The plea argues that the assigned centres are in cities that are challenging for candidates to access and calls for the normalisation of scores.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra has agreed to hear the plea filed by lawyer Anas Tanwir. The NEET-PG 2024 will be conducted for 2,28,542 candidates across 416 centres in 170 cities nationwide in two shifts. Despite the release of admit cards, the exam has faced several controversies, including a cancellation on June 22, just a day before the originally scheduled date, and ongoing disputes about exam centres and score normalisation.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has urged Union Health Minister J P Nadda to approve additional exam centres in every state to prevent students from travelling long distances and to ensure accessible and affordable accommodation. Similarly, Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal has criticised the ‘impractical changes’ in the exam centres, particularly for candidates from Kerala.

NBEMS President Dr. Abhijat Sheth explained that private entrepreneur institutes have been excluded from the NEET-PG 2024 exam centres to enhance monitoring and minimise malpractice. TCS has audited and removed high-risk centres. The majority of students have been allotted centres within their home states, with some in nearby states due to limited availability. The decision to conduct the exam in two shifts aims to reduce travel distances and ensure fair assessment through score normalisation, a common practice in Indian exams.

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