The Supreme Court of India.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the cancellation of Super Specialty examinations (NEET SS) for 2024.
A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from the Union government on a petition filed by Rahul Balwan and others.
The court allowed the petitioners to implead National Board of Examinations as a party to the case.
It also issued notice to the National Medical Commission Medical Counselling Committee, seeking their replies.
The court fixed the matter for further hearing to July 26.
In their plea, the petitioners submitted that in order to accomodate NEET PG students, they were not holding the exam this year. There is a fixed timeline for such exams as per the Ashish Ranjan judgment.