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Date – 16th Jun 2021

The Karnataka high court on June 16, 2021 dismissed a plea challenging the centre’s decision to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 for postgraduates. The centre in May 2021 decided to postpone the entrance exam and said it'll not be held before August 31, 2021.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had said, students will be given a minimum of one month of time to prepare for it, The decision was taken to boost the availability of medical facilities in the country to fight against the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar said the central government’s decision would are on the basis of expert opinion.

As per the reports, the Education Ministry will take a call on the exams after reviewing the COVID-19 situation. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts NEET for undergraduate medical admission and NEET PG is conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE).

The bench, reports LiveLaw said -

• "It is needless to observe that the said postponement is in the background of the "second wave" of the Covid-19 pandemic and the need to enlist the services of doctors for duties so as to manage the medical facilities and attend to the patients suffering from the disease. The decision...in our view, cannot be faulted...as the decision would have been on the basis of the opinion of experts and on sound discretion being exercised by the second respondent-department,"
• "The decision of the Union of India to carry the Test after 31st August 2021 can't be faulted,"

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