The Supreme Court has not yet announced its verdict on the ongoing case regarding exam transparency and the functioning of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), even though the NEET PG 2024 cut-off has been reduced. The Court has scheduled the NEET PG hearing for January 7. Petitioners have demanded that authorities defer NEET PG counselling 2024, which is already in its third phase, until the case is heard.
- Supreme Court Hearing Update:
- During the last hearing, the Supreme Court scheduled the NEET PG case for a ‘non-miscellaneous day.’
- Candidate Complaints:
- Candidates highlighted several irregularities in the NEET PG exam held last year, including:
- Multiple exam postponements.
- Non-disclosure of the NEET PG answer key.
- Use of the normalisation method.
- Non-availability of raw scores for candidates.
- Candidates highlighted several irregularities in the NEET PG exam held last year, including:
- Impact on States:
- Several states, including Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, faced delays or halts in NEET PG counselling 2024.
- These delays were caused by disputes over the NEET PG merit list, which NBEMS prepared using the normalisation criteria.
NEET PG Supreme Court Case: A Timeline of Events
- In September 2024, 19 aspirants approached the Supreme Court to demand clarity on NEET PG 2024 and the display of raw scores obtained by candidates.
- After multiple postponements due to paper leak allegations, authorities conducted the NEET PG exam on August 11 in two shifts for MD, MS, and other PG medical programme admissions.
- On September 11, 2024, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, heard the plea and asked the NBE to respond to the issues raised.
- On September 20, 2024, the Supreme Court bench noted that changing the NEET PG exam pattern three days before the exam was ‘unusual.’ For the first time, authorities conducted the test in more than one shift.
- On September 30, the Supreme Court postponed the hearing to October 4 after no representative from the Centre appeared.
- The Court later postponed the hearing to October 25 due to the unavailability of the CJI.
- The SC bench scheduled the hearing for November 19 to allow detailed deliberation but deferred it again to November 26.
- As of the latest update, the Supreme Court has scheduled the NEET PG case for hearing on January 7, 2025.
