New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to entertain requests from a batch of students seeking cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Neet) to be held on May 1. The court permitted the exam to go on as scheduled.
A three-judge bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justices R. Banumathi and Uday Lalit had assembled on Saturday for a special sitting to hear the Delhi air pollution case.
Soon after the bench assembled, a mention was made by several lawyers on behalf of students seeking postponement/cancellation of the Neet-1 exam on Sunday on the ground that some more time was required for students to prepare for the test.
The CJI, however, told the counsel, “Please allow the examination to be conducted as scheduled. Nothing will happen in the meantime. The matter has been heard by a bench (headed by Justice Anil R. Dave) and it is over for now. You file application and it will be considered by that bench (on May 3).”
