Karnataka HC dismisses petition against postponement of NEET PG 2021 exam

Karnataka High Court said policy decision can't be faulted while dismissing a plea that had challenged the government's decision to postpone NEET PG 2021 exam. Read to know more.

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a plea, challenging the Centre’s decision of postponement of NEET PG 2021 exam. In the first week of May, the government had announced that NEET PG 2021 exam will not be conducted before August 31, 2021. While dismissing the petition, a Division Bench of Justices Nagarathna and Hanchate Sanjeevkumar said the policy decision can’t be faulted. The Centre must have taken the decision on the basis of the opinion of the experts, the court observed.

"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," said the bench.

NBE conducts NEET PG, which is abbreviated as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation. The exam is conducted annually in computer-based mode at designated centres across the country.

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