Postpone NEET MDS 2024: Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea to Postpone Exam; Next Hearing on Feb 21

NEET MDS 2024 Postponement: The Supreme Court of India, the apex court, has recently issued a notice in response to a writ petition calling for the postponement of the NEET MDS 2024 examination and an extension of the internship cut-off date.

Several aspirants are demanding the postponement of the NEET MDS examination with hashtags such as #PostponeNEETMDS2024toJULY and#POSTPONENEETMDS2024. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences(NBEMS), New Delhi has scheduled the NEET MDS examination on March 18, while the cut-off date for the purpose of eligibility to appear in the examination will be March 31, 2024.

The bench, consisting of Chief Justice of IndiaDY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was informed that the decision to hold the NEET MDS on the specified date was manifestly arbitrary. And, the decision was made without factual ascertainment of the internship completion dates despite the specific direction of the Hon’ble High Court of Telangana in 2023.

As per Livelaw report, in 2023, the Telangana High Court(HC) in a writ seeking rescheduling of the NEET MDS 2023 examination disposed of the matter noting, “Before parting with the case we also make it clear from the next academic year the respondent shall take steps to see that all the candidates who have completed MBBS/BDS course across the country a uniform cut off date be fixed and enough care is taken to ensure that sufficient time is granted to all the students to prepare for NEET.”